Downs Banks Edges Walk, Downs Bank
Loop Walk · Staffordshire
200
XP
about 55 min walking
Taking you over hills and through secret valleys, this walk contrasts the wild places on your left with green farmland on the right. Undulating with some gravelly paths and narrow stages. Some paths will be muddy during wet weather.
218 m
168 m
118 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.
Hilly walk
1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
92 m
Drop
91 m
Highest
193 m
Lowest
126 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 2.1 km, no steep climbing, comes down 15% for 230 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 230 m early on, no steep descents.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 3.1–3.8, from 190 m to 127 m.
How the 3.9 km splits
Flat
0.9 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Descending
1.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km