Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
200
XP
about 1 h walking
Our deer ranger has picked this circular walk as one of his favourites within the Studley Royal deer park. Look out for some of the 300 wild deer that live there. Mostly flat parkland, some uneven ground, with height drops & deep running water.
163 m
107 m
50 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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
57 m
Drop
58 m
Highest
125 m
Lowest
63 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 1.0–2.5, from 124 m to 66 m.
How the 4.5 km splits
Flat
1.7 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Descending
1.5 km
Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.4, 2.1…4.07 km
Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk
Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.4, 2.9…6.03 km
The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 1.3, 3.211.19 km
Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 1.4, 3.29 km
Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 1.33.86 km
Aislabie Walk
Crosses at km 0.2, 1.3, 2.028.68 km