Risborough Purple Route
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
400
XP
about 2 h 24 min walking
339 m
216 m
93 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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Climb
263 m
Drop
271 m
Highest
261 m
Lowest
119 m
Walking time
about 2 h 24 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 26% for 350 m midway, comes down 17% for 530 m early on.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 17% for 530 m near the end, comes down 26% for 350 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 5.3–6.2, from 138 m to 248 m.
How the 9.8 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
2.7 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
3.1 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
Link it with other walks
The Ridgeway
Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 1.2, 1.6…139.39 km
Outer Aylesbury Ring
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 1.1, 1.6…86.22 km
Whiteleaf and the Hampdens walk, Princes Risborough
Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 1.6…12.11 km
Icknield Way Cycle Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 1.6, 2.8…235.35 km
Exploring the Chiltern Escarpment, Central Chilterns
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.8, 9.715.72 km
Risborough Red Route
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 0.86.42 km
The Chiltern Way
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 6.6366.73 km