Wheathampstead to Shaw's Corner Circular Walk, Shaw's Corner
Loop Walk · Hertfordshire
300
XP
about 2 h 32 min walking
Mostly easy walking across established footpaths and fields. There are some steps along the route, and a steep gully at section 2. Assistance dogs only at Shaw's Corner.
313 m
164 m
15 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.
Rolling walk
Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
85 m
Drop
86 m
Highest
132 m
Lowest
75 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main climb: km 3.2–3.8, from 75 m to 108 m.
How the 11.9 km splits
Flat
6.4 km
Climbing
2.9 km
Descending
2.7 km
Lamer & Ayot St Lawrence
Starts here too · Shares 7.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.5, 4.6…11.94 km
Old Railway & River Lea
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.5, 9.9…12.16 km
Lea Valley Walk
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 1.3…90.95 km
Hertfordshire Way
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 1.0, 7.1, 8.2…310.49 km
Devil's Dyke & Nomansland
Starts here too · Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.0, 10.1…7.32 km
The Romans & Nomansland
Starts here too · Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.4, 11.5…12.09 km
Lea Valley Circle
Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.15.54 km
Above the Lea Valley
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 11.4, 11.610.31 km