Horner Wood Circular, Holnicote
Loop Walk · Exmoor
300
XP
about 1 h 23 min walking
Horner Wood is a great place to explore on foot, as part of a National Nature Reserve with ancient oaks, home to some of the country's rarest lichens, mosses and bats. In summer, see pied flycatchers and woodwarblers.
285 m
175 m
66 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
211 m
Drop
202 m
Highest
270 m
Lowest
71 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 350 m early on, comes down 13% for 450 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 13% for 450 m early on, comes down 16% for 350 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.0–2.1, from 72 m to 268 m.
How the 5.2 km splits
Flat
0.6 km
Climbing
1.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
1.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km