Watlington Hill Circular walk, Watlington Hill
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
450
XP
about 3 h 43 min walking
This walk takes you onto the Oxfordshire Plain, along the ancient Icknield Way, before ascending the Chiltern Escarpment through Greenfield Copse. Walk across several valleys of the Chilterns to Watlington Hill. Several short steep gradients.
438 m
249 m
60 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
420 m
Drop
301 m
Highest
253 m
Lowest
121 m
Which way round
Uphill: Easy first 3.2 km, climbs 17% for 420 m near the end, comes down 15% for 500 m near the end.
Downhill: Easy first 3.7 km, climbs 15% for 500 m early on, comes down 17% for 420 m early on.
Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.
Main climb: km 3.2–4.6, from 137 m to 252 m.
How the 15.1 km splits
Flat
6.2 km
Climbing
4.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
3.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
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