Leith Hill Heathland Walk, Leith Hill
Loop Walk · Surrey
150
XP
about 36 min walking
With lots of points of interest along the way, this circular heathland trail takes you through a landscape of heather, bracken, bilberry, pine and birch. Moderately flat terrain with a steep climb back to Leith Hill Tower. Potential for livestock.
340 m
290 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.
Rolling walk
Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
41 m
Drop
35 m
Highest
293 m
Lowest
255 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 climb: km 1.1–1.9, from 257 m to 290 m.
How the 2.7 km splits
Flat
0.8 km
Climbing
1.0 km
Descending
0.8 km
Summer Lightning
Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.6, 1.8…7.98 km
Leith Hill Greenway
Starts here too · Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.6, 2.417.73 km
Summer Lightning / Wotton Est
Starts here too · Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.40.54 km
Summer Lightning / Nat Trust
Crosses at km 1.6, 1.7, 2.31.75 km