Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
200
XP
about 1 h 20 min walking
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.
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.
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
The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey
Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.2, 5.911.19 km
Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk
Starts here too · Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.64.07 km
Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.8, 5.29 km
Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 3.6, 5.24.15 km
Aislabie Walk
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.5, 5.728.68 km
Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 5.23.86 km
Long Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey
Starts here too3.28 km