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Blue Horse Route

Linear Trail · North England

300

XP

about 2 h 41 min walking

11.58 km
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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.

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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

Link it with other walks

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, 11.4

15.28 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, 6.5

4.84 km

Ants in Yer Pants

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.7, 11.4

11.78 km

Hamsterley Forest Drive

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.7, 11.4

3.66 km

Hamsterley Red Cycle

Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 10.5

1.08 km

Riverside Walk

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 6.3

3.36 km

Grove Link Loop

Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 11.4

1.68 km

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