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Bruce Trail Friendship Trail

Loop Walk · Cotswolds

300

XP

about 2 h 17 min walking

Moderate
9.71 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.

Cotswold Way Bruce Trail Friendship Trail: beacons, commons and woods.

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372 m

251 m

130 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

209 m

Drop

222 m

Highest

256 m

Lowest

169 m

Walking time

about 2 h 17 min

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 3.2 km, climbs 13% for 220 m near the end, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 13% for 220 m early on.

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

Main climb: km 8.5–9.7, from 169 m to 241 m.

How the 9.7 km splits

Flat

2.7 km

Climbing

2.9 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.2 km

Descending

3.9 km

Link it with other walks

Cotswold Way

Shares 4.4 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 0.7, 1.0…

164.94 km

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