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Devil's Dyke & Nomansland

Loop Walk · Hertfordshire

200

XP

about 1 h 36 min walking

Easy
7.32 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.

Walk through the impressive Devil's Dyke, an ancient defensive earthworks from Celtic times. Stroll though the beautiful meadows of the Marshalls Heath nature reserve and the pretty woodlands bordering Nomansland Common.

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227 m

135 m

44 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

86 m

Drop

86 m

Highest

122 m

Lowest

79 m

Walking time

about 1 h 36 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 descent: km 6.5–7.3, from 120 m to 81 m.

How the 7.3 km splits

Flat

2.5 km

Climbing

2.4 km

Descending

2.4 km

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