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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 14.39 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 125 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 123 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 174 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 87 m
  • ⚐
    District: West Dean 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.775697° / W 2.535745°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 131 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.16 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.18 - alt. 122 m - Turn sharp right
  4. 4 : km 0.64 - alt. 125 m - Turn sharp left
  5. 5 : km 1.36 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 1.65 - alt. 108 m - Keep right
  7. 7 : km 1.86 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 1.91 - alt. 112 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 2.15 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 2.17 - alt. 116 m - Turn slight left
  11. 11 : km 3.05 - alt. 130 m - Keep left onto Mineral Loop
  12. 12 : km 4.37 - alt. 148 m - Turn left onto Spruce Ride
  13. 13 : km 5.57 - alt. 163 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 5.6 - alt. 163 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 5.97 - alt. 163 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 6 - alt. 162 m - Turn sharp left
  17. 17 : km 6.5 - alt. 168 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 6.65 - alt. 171 m - Turn right onto Speech House Road
  19. 19 : km 6.7 - alt. 172 m - Turn sharp left
  20. 20 : km 6.88 - alt. 172 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 7.18 - alt. 166 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 7.21 - alt. 165 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 7.23 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 7.31 - alt. 169 m - Turn slight right
  25. 25 : km 7.46 - alt. 164 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 7.62 - alt. 164 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 8.42 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  28. 28 : km 8.43 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 8.45 - alt. 118 m - Turn sharp left
  30. 30 : km 8.46 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 8.57 - alt. 114 m - Turn sharp left
  32. 32 : km 10.8 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Family Cycle Route
  33. 33 : km 11.14 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 11.2 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Family Cycle Route
  35. 35 : km 12.17 - alt. 146 m - Turn sharp left
  36. 36 : km 12.39 - alt. 152 m - Turn sharp right
  37. 37 : km 12.53 - alt. 157 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 12.56 - alt. 156 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 12.74 - alt. 174 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 12.97 - alt. 154 m - Turn sharp right
  41. 41 : km 13 - alt. 152 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 13.14 - alt. 146 m - Turn slight right
  43. 43 : km 13.31 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp right onto Family Cycle Route
  44. 44 : km 13.59 - alt. 142 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 13.73 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 14.04 - alt. 148 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 14.05 - alt. 149 m - Keep left
  48. 48 : km 14.25 - alt. 143 m - Keep left
  49. S/E : km 14.39 - alt. 131 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Mallards Pike Lake and Staple-edge Wood

Walker
Mallards Pike Lake and Staple-edge Wood
↔8.67 km ↗+137 m ↘-138 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk from Mallards Pike Lake provides a good way to discover preserved Staple-edge Hill using tracks and paths in Staple-edge Wood.

Walking Speech House Lake and New Fancy Colliery Screens

Walker
Speech House Lake and New Fancy Colliery Screens
↔8.57 km ↗+95 m ↘-91 m ◔2h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk uses well-marked paths and track across the Forest of Dean where you will discover a beautiful lake and an old colliery site on your way!

Walking Oakenhill Wood and Moseley Green from Parkend

Walker
Oakenhill Wood and Moseley Green from Parkend
↔6.01 km ↗+82 m ↘-84 m ◔1h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

This peaceful circular walk in Oakenhill Woods uses paths and tracks in this preserved area where you could see wildlife.

Walking Cabtree Hill and Woorgreens Lake

Walker
Cabtree Hill and Woorgreens Lake
↔7.38 km ↗+63 m ↘-60 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Cinderford (Gloucestershire)

This circular walk in the forest of Dean provides a good way to discover paths and tracks along a section of Gloucestershire Way and Woorgreens Nature Reserve.

Walking Wimberry from Mile End

Walker
↔4.33 km ↗+86 m ↘-85 m ◔1h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Coleford (Gloucestershire)

Starting at Mile End in the Forest of Dean visit the magical old quarries that have been reclaimed by nature. If you mooch about here you may find an old WW2 firing range used by the home guard. Continue down the valley where you may see old mines, then turn sharp right by a high old stone wall. The narrow path takes you back up to Perch Enclosure with magnificent pine trees. Take the loop around, past the old campsite and back onto the track where you started.

Walking Symonds Yat via Biblins

Association or club
↔9.26 km ↗+203 m ↘-207 m ◔3h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

The most straightforward route to and from Symonds Yat, featuring an old mine, a significant riverside stretch and of course the classic viewpoint of Symonds Yat. Look out for Peregrine Falcons and Goshawks overhead.

Walking King Arthur’s Cave

Association or club
↔12.89 km ↗+342 m ↘-349 m ◔4h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

The outward route is the quickest and easiest route to Symonds Yat. The return is more adventurous, seeking out the impressive King Arthur’s Cave and secret viewpoints over the Wye Gorge.

Walking Staunton & English Bicknor

Association or club
↔18.46 km ↗+353 m ↘-354 m ◔6h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from West Dean (Gloucestershire)

Featuring the impressive Suck Stone and Near Hearkening Rocks, two medieval churches, a lengthy section along the Wye, the Yat Rock viewpoint and a quiet stream valley, this walk offers an in-depth introduction to the landscapes of the Forest of Dean.

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