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Colne Valley Path

Linear Trail · Essex

700

XP

about 7 h 56 min walking

Strenuous
37.56 km
Linear
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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

197 m

Drop

250 m

Highest

76 m

Lowest

7 m

Walking time

about 7 h 56 min

Which way round

Downhill: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Uphill: No steep climbing, 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 3.8–4.6, from 42 m to 75 m.

How the 38.0 km splits

Flat

30.6 km

Climbing

3.4 km

Descending

4.1 km

Link it with other walks

Essex Way

Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 18.9, 22.8

132.35 km

Round Chapel

Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 15.4

7.56 km

Margery Allingham Walk

Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 15.4

6.99 km

Colchester Orbital West A

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 29.3

7.15 km

Colchester Orbital Spoke

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 30.4

14.02 km

Colchester Orbital West B

Crosses at km 28.9

3.6 km

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