Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith Hill · Avandra

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Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith Hill

Loop Walk · Surrey

100

XP

about 15 min walking

Easy

1.12 km

Loop

00:30

Graded from its length and climb.

A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.

274 m

224 m

174 m

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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

13 m

Drop

19 m

Highest

215 m

Lowest

193 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 descent: km 0.0–0.6, from 213 m to 193 m.

How the 1.1 km splits

Flat

0.3 km

Climbing

0.4 km

Descending

0.4 km

Link it with other walks

Leith Hill '50 things' Trail, Leith Hill

Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.5, 0.6…

3.75 km

Leith Hill Woodland Walk, Leith Hill

Crosses at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.6…

3.69 km

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