High Force Geotrail

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High Force Geotrail

Loop Walk · County Durham

200

about 1 h 13 min walking

Easy

5.42 km

Loop

Graded from its length and climb.

384 m

317 m

249 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

80 m

Drop

83 m

Highest

337 m

Lowest

265 m

Walking time

about 1 h 13 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 4.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 12% for 200 m early on.

Clockwise: Climbs 12% for 200 m midway, no steep descents.

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

Main climb: km 4.2–5.4, from 273 m to 331 m.

How the 5.4 km splits

Flat

2.3 km

Climbing

1.7 km

Descending

1.3 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Link it with other walks

Teesdale Way

Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 2.2

148.22 km

Pennine Way

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 2.5, 3.3…

425.28 km

Low Force Geotrail

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 3.8

3.24 km

Campsites near the start

Leekworth Caravan Park

7.3 km from the start · 4.6★ (304)

Westgate Caravan & Camping Site

9.1 km from the start · 4.7★ (28)

Marwood Country Park

14.5 km from the start · 5.0★ (20)