Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
250
XP
about 2 h walking
Walk around the boundary of Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, with some of the best views of the estate to enjoy. After taking in the hall & deer park, walk through the 18th-century water garden & past the Abbey. Steps, steep gradients and bridges present.
235 m
123 m
11 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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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
124 m
Drop
130 m
Highest
111 m
Lowest
52 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main climb: km 5.6–6.6, from 66 m to 107 m.
How the 9.0 km splits
Flat
2.9 km
Climbing
3.0 km
Descending
3.0 km
Link it with other walks
The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey
Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 3.5, 6.611.19 km
Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk
Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 3.5, 5.96.03 km
Long Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.03.28 km
Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk
Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 5.0, 5.94.07 km
Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 5.44.15 km
Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 5.9, 6.93.86 km
Aislabie Walk
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 5.9, 6.528.68 km
Short Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.21.01 km
Monks' Walk from Brimham Rocks to Fountains Abbey
Crosses at km 0.412.34 km