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Shakespeare's Avon Way

Waymarked Way · Northamptonshire

2,500

XP

a 6-day route

Strenuous
152.96 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

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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

676 m

Drop

852 m

Highest

193 m

Lowest

9 m

Walking time

about 31 h 45 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: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Uphill: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

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

How the 153.1 km splits

Flat

135.8 km

Climbing

7.7 km

Descending

9.6 km

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