Roam 639 Walk at Hindhead Commons and the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead
Loop Walk · Surrey
350
XP
about 2 h 30 min walking
A demanding walk taking in the Punchbowl, Gibbet Hill & Temple of the Four Winds. Named after Richard Overall, Alfie & Arthur Marchant; local men who died from muscular dystrophy. '639' represents the no. of muscles in the human body & length of the walk
376 m
243 m
109 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
217 m
Drop
219 m
Highest
272 m
Lowest
144 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.0 km, no steep climbing, comes down 22% for 250 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 4.8 km, climbs 22% for 250 m midway, no steep descents.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.3 km at 10%+, 0.3 km of it 15%+) 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 0.7–3.5, from 259 m to 157 m.
How the 10.7 km splits
Flat
2.9 km
Climbing
3.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
4.2 km
Link it with other walks
Hidden Hindhead Walking Trail, Hindhead
Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 9.4, 10.3…5.45 km
Highcombe Hike, Hindhead
Starts here too · Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 2.8, 5.6, 10.75.7 km
Devils PunchBowl Loop
Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 2.5, 6.4, 10.616.77 km
Sailor's Stroll Walk at Hindhead Commons
Starts here too · Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 0.4, 6.3, 6.5…2.3 km
King Alfred's Way
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 6.0, 10.6353.57 km
Old A3 Trail, Hindhead
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 5.3, 6.4, 10.32.78 km
Greensand Way
Crosses at km 6.4, 9.9, 10.6188.48 km