Black Down Temple of the Winds trail, Black Down · Avandra

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Black Down Temple of the Winds trail, Black Down

Loop Walk · South Downs

150

XP

about 52 min walking

Easy

3.68 km

Loop

01:30

Graded from its length and climb.

Lord Tennyson fell in love with the Black Downs & would stride out through the heather, wrapped in his cloak. Follow in his footsteps on a circular walk through woodland & heath to the Bronze Age Temple of the Winds.

345 m

293 m

240 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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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

17 m

Drop

23 m

Highest

289 m

Lowest

259 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.

How the 4.2 km splits

Flat

2.0 km

Climbing

1.1 km

Descending

1.1 km

Link it with other walks

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Sussex Border Path

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.2, 3.0

225.91 km

Campsites near the start

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4.7 km from the start · 4.5★ (38)

Mill Farm Lurgashall

5 km from the start · 4.8★ (18)

White Beeches Woodland Campsite

8.2 km from the start · 4.7★ (3)

Stedham Campsite

8.3 km from the start · 4.9★ (27)