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Cotswold Way

Waymarked Way · Cotswolds

2,500

XP

a 7-day route

Strenuous
164.94 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.
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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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Stages
  1. Cotswold Way (Selsley Common route)
  2. Cotswold Way (Stinchcombe Hill by pass) · 0.3 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

3496 m

Drop

3787 m

Highest

311 m

Lowest

28 m

Walking time

about 38 h 45 min

A 7-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Downhill: Climbs 16% for 770 m near the end, comes down 14% for 1220 m near the end.

Uphill: Climbs 14% for 1220 m early on, comes down 16% for 770 m early on.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

How the 164.7 km splits

Flat

80.6 km

Climbing

35.2 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

1.7 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.1 km

Descending

44.3 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.1 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.6 km

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