Cudham Circular Walk
Linear Trail · Greater London
400
XP
about 2 h 45 min walking
A rural route passing near to Down House, Darwin's home, and Downe village to which a diversion could be made. Passing near Biggin Hill airport on a ridgeline, it reaches the London LOOP coming into High Elms Country Park, finally ascending back to Cudham
347 m
198 m
49 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
208 m
Drop
217 m
Highest
189 m
Lowest
101 m
Walking time
about 2 h 44 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 4.7 km, climbs 22% for 250 m near the end, comes down 21% for 230 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 21% for 230 m early on, comes down 22% for 250 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.5 km at 10%+, 0.5 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 0.8–1.2, from 189 m to 125 m.
How the 11.9 km splits
Flat
4.0 km
Climbing
3.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
3.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km