Tennyson Down Trail, Isle of Wight
Loop Walk · Isle of Wight
400
XP
about 2 h 44 min walking
A figure-of-8 walk. Views of the Needles, a 19th-century fort, Cold War rocket test site & a monument for Victorian poet laureate. Refuel at the Needles Old Battery tea-room or split the walk into 2 shorter sections (4.5 & 7.5km). Gates, steps & 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
306 m
Drop
300 m
Highest
144 m
Lowest
17 m
Which way round
As mapped: Easy first 2.8 km, climbs 21% for 400 m early on, comes down 22% for 250 m midway.
Reversed: Easy first 4.1 km, climbs 22% for 250 m midway, comes down 21% for 400 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 6.1–7.0, from 142 m to 60 m.
How the 11.1 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
3.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
4.0 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km