The Burway Loop: A Walk to the Top of the Long Mynd, Carding Mill Valley
Loop Walk · Shropshire
400
XP
about 2 h 21 min walking
This challenging circular walk takes you to the head of Carding Mill Valley and up to the highest point of the Long Mynd. A rugged route up a steep incline to the top of the hill and down narrow footpaths in places with steep drops on one side.
534 m
377 m
220 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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Climb
294 m
Drop
297 m
Highest
513 m
Lowest
227 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 3.8 km, climbs 17% for 620 m midway, comes down 17% for 1020 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.5 km, climbs 17% for 1020 m near the end, comes down 17% for 620 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1 km at 10%+, 1 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 1.1–5.5, from 501 m to 228 m.
How the 9.3 km splits
Flat
1.7 km
Climbing
2.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.0 km
Descending
3.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.6 km
Link it with other walks
Pole Bank Walk
Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 3.5, 9.37.03 km
Jack Mytton Way
Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 1.2, 6.0…150.25 km
The Long Mynd and Ratlinghope Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 8.0, 8.816.97 km
Humphrey Kynaston Way
Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 7.876.14 km
The Pipe Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 6.2, 6.82.5 km
Reservoir Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 6.22.42 km