A long walk in the Chilterns, Central Chilterns

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Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills

700

about 6 h 9 min walking

Strenuous

26.06 km

Loop

06:30-08:00

Graded from its length and climb.

This 16-mile challenging circular drops down & along the Chilterns Escarpment & climbs back into the hills. Visit pretty hamlets & the Stonor & Wormsley estates. Enjoy much remote, unspoiled countryside &woodland. Steep gradients, several stiles.

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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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

563 m

Drop

554 m

Highest

255 m

Lowest

84 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 3.2 km, climbs 15% for 500 m early on, comes down 15% for 380 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 8.5 km, climbs 15% for 380 m midway, comes down 15% for 500 m near the end.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.3 km at 10%+, 0.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 3.2–4.6, from 134 m to 243 m.

How the 26.0 km splits