Wimbleball Lake is a beautiful lake within the Exmoor National Park, with a mixture of woodland and open grass scenery. The lake is nearly 400 acres in size and is the centre of a countryside park. There are a wide range of walking and cycling trails going around the lakeside and across the dam onto Exmoor at Haddon Hill. There is an activity centre with sailing and fishing boats to hire and many outdoor activities. For disabled persons or those who cannot walk far there is one Tramper all terrain mobility scooter for hire from the rangers office. The Tramper will take you easily around the lake on the identified trails. See the countryside mobility website for full details and information on hiring the Tramper. There is also a wheeley boat for hire which you drive your scooter or wheelchair into, you do not need to get out and then you can have a boat trip around the lake. Because the front of the wheeley boat lowers like a landing craft you have a flat ramp to walk into the boat making access so much easier. There is a café in the main car park. There are toilets and a wheelchair accessible toilet beside the café. There are further toilets beside the rangers’ office. Tramper Trail 2 takes you from the café along a gravel cycle path to the Dam. There are wonderful views along the path and a beautiful woodland section. You can go out onto the dam, the views over the dam wall downstream watching the water tumble down are excellent. The path is well graded. There are some parts where the gradient is 5% to 6% and a couple of places where it is 11%. There are two gates to go through, both have easy to use gate locks and are wheelchair accessible. Tramper Trail 2 is mobility scooter possible and can be walked. Trail surveyed by Gordon Guest and Richard Allen, July 2013.
| OVERALL RATING: ORANGE | ||
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| Maximum Climbing Gradient: | 2 - BLUE | 6% |
| Maximum Descending Gradient: | 3 - ORANGE | -9% |
| Total Elevation Gain: | 33 metres | |
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