The Short Wind in the Willows Walk, Maidenhead
Loop Walk · Berkshire
200
XP
about 1 h 11 min walking
Enjoy this shorter walk through the attractive, unspoilt village of Cookham Dean before passing the boyhood home of Kenneth Grahame, author of 'The Wind in the Willows'. Continue through Quarry & Fultness Woods - the inspiration for Grahame's 'Wild Wood'
170 m
108 m
46 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
112 m
Drop
110 m
Highest
115 m
Lowest
64 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 220 m near the end, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 17% for 220 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.2 km at 10%+, 0.2 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 4.0–4.4, from 70 m to 115 m.
How the 5.0 km splits
Flat
1.3 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
2.0 km