Bridgewater Monument to Pitstone Windmill Circular Walk, Pitstone Windmill

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Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills

300

about 2 h 19 min walking

Moderate

10.03 km

Loop

03:00

Graded from its length and climb.

This walk links the Bridgewater Monument and the ancient post mill. Mostly good paths but some steep sections and some paths across ploughed fields. There is also a small amount of walking on busy roads.

340 m

215 m

90 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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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

186 m

Drop

186 m

Highest

255 m

Lowest

118 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.3 km, climbs 13% for 360 m near the end, no steep descents.

Clockwise: Easy first 5.4 km, no steep climbing, comes down 13% for 360 m early on.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 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 2.1–4.6, from 255 m to 122 m.

How the 10.0 km splits

Flat

2.4 km

Climbing

3.3 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.4 km

Descending

4.0 km