Fontmell Down walk, Fontmell and Melbury Downs
Loop Walk · Dorset
150
XP
about 21 min walking
The down has open access, so you can explore the whole area. The well-used paths and tracks include steep slopes, with uneven surfaces which become muddy and slippery after wet weather.
290 m
240 m
190 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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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
23 m
Drop
23 m
Highest
238 m
Lowest
207 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 0.0–0.5, from 234 m to 209 m.
How the 1.6 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.7 km
Descending
0.5 km