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Wansdyke Path

Linear Trail · Wiltshire

500

XP

about 4 h 36 min walking

Moderate
20.67 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

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558 m

300 m

42 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

278 m

Drop

474 m

Highest

285 m

Lowest

133 m

Walking time

about 4 h 36 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 17.8 km, no steep climbing, comes down 14% for 320 m midway.

Uphill: Climbs 14% for 320 m early on, no steep descents.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main climb: km 17.8–19.6, from 175 m to 249 m.

How the 20.6 km splits

Flat

9.1 km

Climbing

4.5 km

Descending

6.7 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

White Horse Trail

Shares 10.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.2, 7.3…

160.16 km

Pewsey Vale Circular Walk

Shares 4.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 11.5

132.01 km

Wessex Ridgeway Trail

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 19.9

207.4 km

East Access Trail

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 6.7

0.9 km

Sarsen Way

Crosses at km 1.8

80.76 km

King Alfred's Way

Crosses at km 13.6

353.57 km

Wessex Ridgeway

Crosses at km 19.6

220.41 km

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