A walk to the Hydro Turbine at Castle Drogo, Castle Drogo

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Loop Walk · Dartmoor

200

about 48 min walking

Moderate

3.03 km

Loop

02:00

Graded from its length and climb.

Take a gentle walk down to Castle Drogo's Hydro Turbine on the River Teign to find out more about how it works. It was built >100 years ago to supply electricity to the castle & still does to the visitor centre. Hunters path is narrow & rocky in places.

277 m

207 m

137 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

64 m

Drop

133 m

Highest

267 m

Lowest

140 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 2.7 km, climbs 27% for 200 m near the end, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 27% for 200 m early on.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.2 km at 10%+, 0.2 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 0.0–2.7, from 262 m to 141 m.

How the 3.4 km splits

Flat

0.9 km

Climbing

0.5 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.2 km

Descending

1.9 km