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Staffordshire Way

Waymarked Way · Cheshire

2,500

XP

a 6-day route

Strenuous
152.97 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

Mow Cop to Kinver Edge

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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. Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase) · 78.7 km
  2. Staffordshire Way (Mow Cop-Rushton Spencer) · 14 km
  3. Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South) · 60.4 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

1480 m

Drop

1658 m

Highest

337 m

Lowest

67 m

Walking time

about 33 h 1 min

A 6-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Downhill: Climbs 26% for 300 m early on, comes down 14% for 480 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 14% for 480 m near the end, comes down 26% for 300 m near the end.

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

How the 152.8 km splits

Flat

115.2 km

Climbing

15.4 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

1.1 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.3 km

Descending

20.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.6 km

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