Hambleden and Pheasant’s Hill trail, Central Chilterns
Loop Walk · Chiltern Hills
350
XP
about 2 h 9 min walking
5 mile circular starting & ending in the flint & red-brick village of Hambleden. Take in beech woods & the hamlet of Pheasants Hill, with great views across the valley. Fairly steep slopes on soft paths & gravel tracks.
238 m
125 m
12 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
216 m
Drop
205 m
Highest
158 m
Lowest
39 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 430 m early on, comes down 19% for 370 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 19% for 370 m near the end, comes down 13% for 430 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.8 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.0–2.0, from 57 m to 152 m.
How the 9.1 km splits
Flat
2.8 km
Climbing
2.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
2.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km