Reservoir Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Loop Walk · Shropshire
200
XP
about 56 min walking
This short walk starts from Carding Mill Valley at the heart of the Long Mynd and takes you on a gentle stroll past the mill ponds and up the reservoir bank. This route is along a wide footpath. There are steps up the reservoir bank.
331 m
281 m
231 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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Climb
137 m
Drop
82 m
Highest
324 m
Lowest
233 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 2.2 km, climbs 20% for 430 m midway, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 20% for 430 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 km at 10%+, 0.4 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 climb: km 2.2–3.5, from 234 m to 304 m.
How the 3.5 km splits
Flat
0.8 km
Climbing
1.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
1.3 km
Link it with other walks
The Pipe Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.9, 3.32.5 km
Humphrey Kynaston Way
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.976.14 km
The Burway Loop: A Walk to the Top of the Long Mynd, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.99.03 km
The Long Mynd and Ratlinghope Walk, Carding Mill Valley
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.916.97 km
Jack Mytton Way
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.9, 1.0…150.25 km