Furness Haematite Trail
Loop Walk · Cumbria
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula
600 m
300 m
0 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
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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2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
442 m
Drop
441 m
Highest
171 m
Lowest
2 m
Walking time
about 8 h 40 min
A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 15.8 km, climbs 13% for 280 m midway, comes down 11% for 200 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 18.7 km, climbs 11% for 200 m midway, comes down 13% for 280 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 15.8–17.8, from 18 m to 153 m.
How the 39.7 km splits
Flat
26.7 km
Climbing
6.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
6.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km