Boscastle and the Valency Valley walk, North Cornwall
Loop Walk · Cornwall
300
XP
about 1 h 46 min walking
Coastal and woodland paths, includes steps, stiles, gates and a few short but steep ascents. Option of a 3 mile (4.5km) shorter walk at point 8 on the map, which includes stepping stones over river.
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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
227 m
Drop
213 m
Highest
136 m
Lowest
7 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 400 m early on, comes down 18% for 430 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 430 m midway, comes down 14% for 400 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+, 0.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 5.0–7.0, from 135 m to 27 m.
How the 7.0 km splits
Flat
1.8 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
2.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km