Avebury Ridgeway Walk
Loop Walk · Wiltshire
250
XP
about 1 h 50 min walking
Starting at the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site, this walk takes you through the remains of the largest stone circle in the world and along the West Kennet Avenue into beautiful, rolling chalk downland.
329 m
223 m
117 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
80 m
Drop
79 m
Highest
224 m
Lowest
152 m
Walking time
about 1 h 50 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, 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 1.6–3.0, from 158 m to 223 m.
How the 8.5 km splits
Flat
4.1 km
Climbing
2.1 km
Descending
2.3 km
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