Hale Purley Figure of Eight Walk, SW Hants
Loop Walk · New Forest
150
XP
about 1 h 2 min walking
Walk through Hale Purley, crossing streams with views of the common's valleys & mires. Look out for butterflies, dragonflies, stonechats and Dartford warblers in the gorse. Gravel paths with wet patches & a fairly steep descent & climb at the start & end
176 m
117 m
57 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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Mostly flat, no real climbs.
Climb
51 m
Drop
48 m
Highest
113 m
Lowest
78 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 4.2–4.8, from 86 m to 108 m.
How the 4.8 km splits
Flat
2.7 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Descending
0.9 km