Wakefield Way
Waymarked Way · Yorkshire
2,500
XP
a 5-day route
600 m
300 m
0 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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2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
1170 m
Drop
1171 m
Highest
171 m
Lowest
10 m
Walking time
about 26 h 58 min
A 5-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 270 m midway, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 13% for 270 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
How the 125.1 km splits
Flat
90.3 km
Climbing
16.7 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Descending
17.5 km
Link it with other walks
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Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 19.7, 20.32.79 km
Kirklees Way
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 46.4, 47.0, 47.5…121.79 km
Trans-Pennine Trail
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 29.0, 29.7, 30.4…452.07 km
Dearne Way
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 63.3, 65.6, 65.8…26.54 km
National Cycle Network Route 699
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 45.73.44 km
Castleford Greenway
Crosses at km 22.44.62 km