Bradenham: Chiltern Hills, Valleys and Woodlands Walk, Bradenham
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
400
XP
about 3 h 2 min walking
Chalk meadows, beech woods & farmland with views across the Chilterns, Bradenham, Smalldean, Loosley Row & Lacey Green. Descend gently to North Dean & return to Bradenham via Naphill Common. Rough tracks, moderate climbs, stiles, gates & uneven terrain.
389 m
226 m
63 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
256 m
Drop
257 m
Highest
225 m
Lowest
118 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 200 m early on, comes down 22% for 250 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 250 m near the end, comes down 19% for 200 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+, 0.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 11.7–13.0, from 196 m to 120 m.
How the 13.0 km splits
Flat
4.2 km
Climbing
3.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
4.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
Bradenham Beech Woods Walk, Bradenham
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 1.5, 1.6, 2.1…12.23 km
Bradenham Countryside Trail, Bradenham
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 1.5, 13.07.55 km
Chiltern Hills Three-in-One walk, Central Chilterns
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 12.4, 12.714.34 km
The Chiltern Way
Crosses at km 4.9366.73 km