Above the Lea Valley
Loop Walk · Hertfordshire
250
XP
about 2 h 14 min walking
From quiet woods to expansive views over the Lea valley, this walk includes Gustard Wood at the northern tip of Wheathampstead and the Grade I splendour of Mackerye End.
289 m
161 m
32 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
108 m
Drop
105 m
Highest
142 m
Lowest
81 m
Walking time
about 2 h 14 min
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 2.1–3.1, from 87 m to 113 m.
How the 10.3 km splits
Flat
4.2 km
Climbing
3.2 km
Descending
2.9 km
Link it with other walks
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Lea Valley Walk
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Devil's Dyke & Nomansland
Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 10.07.32 km
The Romans & Nomansland
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 10.012.09 km
Wheathampstead to Shaw's Corner Circular Walk, Shaw's Corner
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Lamer & Ayot St Lawrence
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Old Railway & River Lea
Crosses at km 0.0, 10.012.16 km