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The Edge

Mountain Biking · North England

250

XP

about 1 h 31 min riding

Strenuous
11.69 km
Linear
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410 m

264 m

118 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep ride

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

339 m

Drop

338 m

Highest

307 m

Lowest

152 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 350 m midway, comes down 22% for 250 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 250 m early on, comes down 12% for 350 m midway.

A loop climbs and descends the same ground either way round. Waymarked trails are signed one way — follow the signs on the ground.

Main climb: km 5.6–7.4, from 185 m to 306 m.

How the 11.7 km splits

Flat

1.9 km

Climbing

4.9 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.4 km

Descending

4.0 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

Transcend

Starts here too · Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.3, 6.8…

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Blue Horse Route

Shares 3.8 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 3.6, 4.7…

11.58 km

Hamsterley Red Cycle

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 5.7

1.08 km

Yellow Walk

Starts here too · Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 9.3, 10.3…

4.84 km

Hamsterley Three Becks Walk

Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.1, 8.5…

8.06 km

Riverside Walk

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.1, 11.3

3.36 km

Ants in Yer Pants

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.4, 11.2

11.78 km

Blue Cycle

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 10.6, 10.9

2.39 km

Brown Horse Route

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.7, 4.9, 5.0…

15.28 km

Silver Mile Running Route

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 5.4

7.83 km

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