South Cheshire Market Towns Trail
Loop Walk · Cheshire
1,500
XP
a 3-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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1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
467 m
Drop
470 m
Highest
318 m
Lowest
31 m
Walking time
about 14 h 26 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 32.9 km, no steep climbing, comes down 14% for 920 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 29.4 km, climbs 14% for 920 m midway, no steep descents.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.9 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.
Main climb: km 29.4–31.3, from 130 m to 318 m.
How the 68.3 km splits
Flat
53.3 km
Climbing
5.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Descending
8.3 km
Link it with other walks
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South Cheshire Way
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Legions and Sand
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 46.54.98 km