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The Highley Trail

Linear Trail · Shropshire

200

XP

about 1 h 13 min walking

Easy
5.22 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

A short walk round the former mining village of Highley.

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146 m

81 m

16 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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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

108 m

Drop

87 m

Highest

115 m

Lowest

26 m

Walking time

about 1 h 13 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 11% for 280 m midway.

Clockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 11% for 280 m early on, no steep descents.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main climb: km 0.0–1.5, from 40 m to 113 m.

How the 5.2 km splits

Flat

1.7 km

Climbing

1.8 km

Descending

1.5 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

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