The Pipe Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Linear Trail · Shropshire
150
XP
about 31 min walking
This walk is a great way to see some beautiful views and also to really get to the heart of 'those blue remembered hills', as mentioned in the poem by A E Housman. There are some steep slopes, steps and narrow paths along this route.
403 m
315 m
228 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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A lot of descending for the distance.
Climb
12 m
Drop
169 m
Highest
391 m
Lowest
232 m
Which way round
Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 14% for 550 m early on.
Uphill: Climbs 14% for 550 m near the end, no steep descents.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 0.0–2.5, from 391 m to 232 m.
How the 2.5 km splits
Flat
0.2 km
Climbing
0.2 km
Descending
1.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Link it with other walks
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Reservoir Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 1.42.42 km
Humphrey Kynaston Way
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.5, 1.976.14 km
The Burway Loop: A Walk to the Top of the Long Mynd, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.5, 1.99.03 km
Jack Mytton Way
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 2.0150.25 km