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Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase Walk

Loop Walk · Staffordshire

400

XP

about 3 h 50 min walking

Moderate
17.19 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
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486 m

269 m

51 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

215 m

Drop

211 m

Highest

222 m

Lowest

139 m

Walking time

about 3 h 50 min

Which way round

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

Main climb: km 0.7–1.6, from 140 m to 188 m.

How the 17.4 km splits

Flat

9.6 km

Climbing

4.0 km

Descending

3.8 km

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Crosses at km 9.2, 9.3

0.3 km

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