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A Walk to the Huff Duff, SW Hants

Loop Walk · New Forest

200

XP

about 1 h 24 min walking

Easy
6.46 km
Loop
01:30-02:00
Graded from its length and climb.

Descend to the wooded valley at Dockens Water & cross the stream to Rockford Common. See carnivourous sundews & mosses in wet heath & bog. Enjoy views at Ibsley Common (an area full of military history) & visit the Huff Duff (an old directional station).

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163 m

82 m

2 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

68 m

Drop

49 m

Highest

78 m

Lowest

30 m

Which way round

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

Main climb: km 5.0–5.5, from 39 m to 69 m.

How the 6.4 km splits

Flat

3.4 km

Climbing

1.7 km

Descending

1.3 km

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