Limestone Way
Waymarked Way · Peak District
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
Castleton to Rocester
630 m
330 m
30 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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Climb
1468 m
Drop
1626 m
Highest
453 m
Lowest
89 m
Walking time
about 17 h 23 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 4.4 km, climbs 15% for 400 m near the end, comes down 17% for 520 m near the end.
Uphill: Easy first 5.4 km, climbs 17% for 520 m early on, comes down 15% for 400 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.
Main descent: km 39.9–43.6, from 421 m to 212 m.
How the 74.7 km splits
Flat
31.2 km
Climbing
20.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.3 km
Descending
20.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
Link it with other walks
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Shares 6.3 km of path · meets at km 2.9, 9.0, 10.2…308.8 km
Mam Tor Cavedale Loop, High Peak
Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 52.39.44 km
Pennine Bridleway
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 8.8, 44.2, 44.6…330.81 km
Tissington Trail
Crosses at km 0.921.28 km
Midshires Way
Crosses at km 8.7363.53 km
High Peak Trail
Crosses at km 8.828.52 km
Monsal Trail
Crosses at km 41.614.38 km
Manifold Trail
Crosses at km 58.434.9 km
Staffordshire Way
Crosses at km 71.7152.97 km