Park End Moss Wetland Walk at Sizergh
Loop Walk · Lake District
200
XP
about 50 min walking
Park End Moss was once an area of degraded farmland, now transformed into a wildlife haven. This circular takes you through ancient woodland to wetland, popular with a variety of bird species. NB: trail map on the website differs form leaflet.
135 m
73 m
11 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
108 m
Drop
109 m
Highest
127 m
Lowest
14 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 17% for 430 m midway, comes down 12% for 300 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 300 m near the end, comes down 17% for 430 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.2–2.3, from 15 m to 125 m.
How the 3.2 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
1.4 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km