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Black Down Temple of the Winds trail, Black Down
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J6°1°94
- F7°1°62
- M9°2°78
- A12°3°62
- M15°7°63
- J18°10°58
- J20°12°58
- A20°12°67
- S17°10°77
- O13°7°106
- N9°4°94
- D7°2°99
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Lord Tennyson fell in love with the Black Downs & would stride out through the heather, wrapped in his cloak. Follow in his footsteps on a circular walk through woodland & heath to the Bronze Age Temple of the Winds.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.2 km · 2.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Black Down (hill, 280 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.6 km SE of Haslemere (Surrey, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- West Sussex
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Black Down National Trust, Tennyson's Lane, Haslemere, West Sussex, GU27 3AG;Grid ref: SU9179231186 → Black Down National Trust, Tennyson's Lane, Haslemere, West Sussex, GU27 3AG;Grid ref: SU9179231186
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 51.0627, -0.6894
- Route start
- 51.0702, -0.6874
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19550128
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/black-down/bla
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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