Colchester Orbital West A

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Linear Trail · Essex

200

about 1 h 29 min walking

Easy

7.15 km

Linear

Graded from its length and climb.

178 m

89 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

33 m

Drop

43 m

Highest

54 m

Lowest

7 m

Walking time

about 1 h 29 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

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

How the 7.1 km splits

Flat

4.2 km

Climbing

1.3 km

Descending

1.6 km

Link it with other walks

Colne Valley Path

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 3.0, 3.8

37.56 km

Colchester Orbital West B

Crosses at km 2.6, 6.0

3.6 km

Colchester Orbital Spoke

Crosses at km 4.6

14.02 km

Colchester Orbital East A

Crosses at km 6.2

9.05 km

Colchester Orbital South A

Crosses at km 6.2

6.58 km

Campsites near the start

Colchester Country Park

3.2 km from the start · 4.2★ (269)

Rushbanks Farm Caravan & Camping Site

7.8 km from the start · 4.6★ (242)

Deans' at Mill Farm campsite

8.6 km from the start · 5.0★ (7)

Kildegaard

9.5 km from the start