Blue Horse Route
Linear Trail · North England
300
XP
about 2 h 41 min walking
399 m
254 m
110 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.
Rolling walk
Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
220 m
Drop
222 m
Highest
268 m
Lowest
153 m
Walking time
about 2 h 41 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 6.4 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 10.2–11.6, from 264 m to 185 m.
How the 11.6 km splits
Flat
3.2 km
Climbing
4.1 km
Descending
4.3 km
The Edge
Shares 3.8 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 1.8, 2.0…11.69 km
Transcend
Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 6.5, 6.9…20.07 km
Brown Horse Route
Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 1.3, 11.415.28 km
Hamsterley Three Becks Walk
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 5.6, 6.6…8.06 km
Yellow Walk
Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 6.54.84 km
Ants in Yer Pants
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.7, 11.411.78 km
Hamsterley Forest Drive
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.7, 11.43.66 km
Hamsterley Red Cycle
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 10.51.08 km
Riverside Walk
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 6.33.36 km
Grove Link Loop
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 11.41.68 km