National Forest Way
Waymarked Way · Leicestershire
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
1150 m
Drop
1224 m
Highest
241 m
Lowest
45 m
Walking time
about 26 h 32 min
A 5-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 12% for 370 m near the end, no steep descents.
Uphill: No steep climbing, comes down 12% for 370 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.
How the 123.1 km splits
Flat
85.2 km
Climbing
16.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Descending
20.6 km
Link it with other walks
Ivanhoe Way
Shares 5.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 4.3…59.51 km
The Way for the Millennium
Shares 5.3 km of path · meets at km 49.3, 66.461.23 km
Leicestershire Round
Shares 3.1 km of path · meets at km 93.3, 102.7, 104.0…164.83 km
Purple Walk
Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 6.4, 7.4, 7.8…3.42 km
Trent Valley Way
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 43.0, 43.5, 43.7…310.72 km
The Tramway Trail
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 9.59.61 km
Red Walk
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 9.02.96 km
Blue Walk
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 8.1, 8.4, 8.72.33 km
Pink Walk
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 8.3, 8.4, 8.71.5 km
CD-SV-Cherry Tree Avenue
Crosses at km 82.40.61 km
Challenges on this walk
Calke Abbey: The House Left As It Was Found
At km 9.0 · 327 m off the route · cultural225 XP
The National Remembrance Gardens: 25,000 Trees and the Armed Forces Memorial
At km 79.8 · 266 m off the route · cultural225 XP
Charnwood Forest: Beacon Hill, Bradgate and Charnia
At km 116.2 · 291 m off the route · nature300 XP