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HOOP - Hitchin Outer Orbital Path

Loop Walk · Hertfordshire

400

XP

about 4 h 1 min walking

Moderate
19.17 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.

Circular route around Hitchin

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478 m

239 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

113 m

Drop

118 m

Highest

96 m

Lowest

50 m

Walking time

about 4 h 1 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 climb: km 7.9–8.7, from 54 m to 86 m.

How the 19.1 km splits

Flat

14.7 km

Climbing

2.2 km

Descending

2.2 km

Link it with other walks

Letchworth Greenway

Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 8.8

21.87 km

Icknield Way Path

Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 4.7, 6.0, 6.3…

198.87 km

Icknield Way Cycle Trail

Shares 2.8 km of path · meets at km 4.8, 5.7, 6.1…

235.35 km

Hicca Way

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 6.7, 16.9, 17.1

18.57 km

STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path

Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 13.4

43.77 km

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