Hiking route
Wessex Ridgeway
219.4 km· ↗ 4468 m· Regional route
The trail is in South West. A 219 km point-to-point route: the finish is not where you started. Total ascent is about 4468 m. Elevations along the way range from 7 to 273 m.
This description is assembled from OpenStreetMap data and our own terrain calculation.
Surface
- gravel — 21.5 km (10%)
- dirt — 12.8 km (6%)
- grass — 11.9 km (5%)
- asphalt — 6.6 km (3%)
- paved — 2.1 km (1%)
- unpaved — 2 km (1%)
- other — 0.8 km (0%)
- not recorded — 162.8 km (74%)
Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.
Who is allowed
- Bicycle: allowed
- On foot: allowed
- Horse: restricted in places · 100 km allowed, 15 km not
- MTB difficulty: S4
The OpenStreetMap mtb:scale, where 0 is an easy path and 6 is barely rideable. The route shows its HARDEST section.
Access data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways. It does not replace signs on the ground.
Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.