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Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk

Loop Walk · Yorkshire

200

XP

about 1 h 20 min walking

Easy
6.03 km
Loop
02:30
Graded from its length and climb.

Learn more about the 18th-century landscape of the Deer Park and the Seven Bridges Valley on this 5-mile circular walk at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, a World Heritage Site. Fairly easy walking although there are a few moderate hills.

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179 m

104 m

29 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

81 m

Drop

71 m

Highest

109 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 3.5–4.3, from 60 m to 93 m.

How the 6.0 km splits

Flat

2.1 km

Climbing

2.0 km

Descending

2.0 km

Link it with other walks

The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey

Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.2, 5.9

11.19 km

Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk

Starts here too · Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.6

4.07 km

Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk

Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.8, 5.2

9 km

Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 3.6, 5.2

4.15 km

Aislabie Walk

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.5, 5.7

28.68 km

Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey

Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 5.2

3.86 km

Long Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey

Starts here too

3.28 km

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