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Watership Down Trail

Loop Walk · Hampshire

1,000

XP

a 2-day route

Strenuous
36.49 km
Loop
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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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Hilly walk

3 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

496 m

Drop

516 m

Highest

235 m

Lowest

70 m

Walking time

about 8 h 24 min

A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

As mapped: Easy first 36.2 km, climbs 13% for 280 m near the end, comes down 11% for 400 m near the end.

Reversed: Easy first 4.1 km, climbs 11% for 400 m early on, comes down 13% for 280 m early on.

Little height either way — ride it whichever way suits.

Main descent: km 29.8–31.4, from 228 m to 125 m.

How the 37.9 km splits

Flat

24.7 km

Climbing

6.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Descending

5.9 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.6 km

Link it with other walks

Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail

Shares 8.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.8, 6.4…

41.38 km

Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)

Shares 5.8 km of path · meets at km 2.1, 18.8, 25.7

19.13 km

Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail

Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 28.3, 30.9…

31.69 km

Wayfarers Walk

Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 28.3, 29.8…

114.18 km

Three Downs Link

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 36.2

1.68 km

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