Wildlife Walk, Ashridge Estate
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
300
XP
about 2 h 33 min walking
This circular walk will take roughly 4 hours to complete and is not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies.
400 m
258 m
116 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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1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
161 m
Drop
163 m
Highest
258 m
Lowest
163 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 7.1 km, climbs 13% for 320 m midway, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.7 km, no steep climbing, comes down 13% for 320 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.3 km at 10%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 3.8–5.7, from 236 m to 166 m.
How the 11.4 km splits
Flat
3.9 km
Climbing
3.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
3.8 km
Link it with other walks
Ashridge Boundary Trail North, Ashridge Estate
Starts here too · Shares 5.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.5, 5.6…14.14 km
Bridgewater Monument to Pitstone Windmill Circular Walk, Pitstone Windmill
Starts here too · Shares 2.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.310.03 km
Circular Meadow Mobility Trail & Linear Duncombe Terrace Mobility Trail, Ashridge Estate
Starts here too · Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.35.88 km
Ashridge Boundary Trail South, Ashridge Estate
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 10.016.76 km
Icknield Way Path
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 4.2, 6.3198.87 km
The Ridgeway
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 3.5, 3.6, 3.7…139.39 km
Foresters' Walk, Ashridge Estate
Starts here too4.8 km
Rangers' Ramble, Ashridge Estate
Crosses at km 0.0, 11.46.12 km
Ashridge Estate Family Cycle Trail
Crosses at km 0.0, 11.46.33 km
In the Footsteps of Capability Brown, Ashridge Estate
Crosses at km 0.0, 11.37.69 km