Red Kite Trail · Avandra

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Red Kite Trail

Loop Walk · Tyne and Wear

450

about 4 h 7 min walking

Moderate

18.6 km

Loop

Graded from its length and climb.

464 m

232 m

0 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

239 m

Drop

237 m

Highest

175 m

Lowest

12 m

Walking time

about 4 h 7 min

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 7.7 km, climbs 11% for 200 m midway, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 11% for 200 m midway.

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

Main descent: km 15.2–18.1, from 144 m to 16 m.

How the 18.6 km splits

Flat

10.5 km

Climbing

3.7 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.2 km

Descending

4.2 km

Link it with other walks

Tyne and Wear Heritage Way

Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.5, 16.7

29.07 km

Chopwell Boundary Walk

Crosses at km 8.2, 8.7

8.82 km

Chopwell easy access extension

Crosses at km 9.1

1.26 km

Challenges on this walk

Beamish: The Living Museum of the North

At km 18.5 · 440 m off the route · history

250 XP

Campsites near the start

Hagg Hill Weekender

0.4 km from the start

Brockwell Woods Wild Camping at Blaydon Burn Farm

2.3 km from the start · 4.6★ (91)

Beamish Holiday Park

7.9 km from the start · 3.8★ (424)

Pitch on the Wall campsite - by Hadrian's Wall

10.2 km from the start · 3.8★ (48)