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Dane Valley Way

Waymarked Way · Cheshire

1,500

XP

a 3-day route

Strenuous
77.4 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

Buxton to Northwich

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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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

876 m

Drop

625 m

Highest

518 m

Lowest

13 m

Walking time

about 16 h 55 min

A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Uphill: Easy first 35.6 km, climbs 12% for 250 m midway, comes down 19% for 250 m near the end.

Downhill: Easy first 13.8 km, climbs 19% for 250 m early on, comes down 12% for 250 m midway.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main descent: km 59.0–60.9, from 517 m to 387 m.

How the 77.3 km splits

Flat

55.9 km

Climbing

11.9 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Descending

8.4 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.5 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

South Cheshire Market Towns Trail

Starts here too · Shares 21.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.9, 7.1…

68.43 km

Cheshire Ring Canal Walk

Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 32.7, 61.2, 62.6…

153.14 km

Gritstone Trail

Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 35.2, 37.5

55.23 km

Staffordshire Way

Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 35.2, 36.0, 36.2

152.97 km

Legions and Sand

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 20.9

4.98 km

Peak District Boundary Walk

Crosses at km 40.0, 60.0

308.8 km

Buxton Ring of Trees Walk

Crosses at km 58.7, 58.8, 58.9

13.59 km

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