Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
150
XP
about 52 min walking
Walk through the Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Estate, exploring the abbey, water features & formal, picturesque gardens that mark significant stages in the estate's history over eight centuries from 1132 to 1987. Moderate hills & seasonally muddy.
159 m
109 m
59 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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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
57 m
Drop
57 m
Highest
119 m
Lowest
72 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 descent: km 0.6–1.8, from 118 m to 74 m.
How the 3.9 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Descending
1.3 km
Link it with other walks
The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.411.19 km
Long Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 1.8, 2.23.28 km
Aislabie Walk
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 1.328.68 km
Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 1.46.03 km
Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 1.44.07 km
Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.64.15 km
Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 1.7, 3.29 km
Short Powered Mobility Vehicle Route, Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 3.31.01 km