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Circumnavigate Culver Down Trail, Isle of Wight
Next nearby hike: Fine fortifications trail at Bembridge and Culver Downs, Isle of Wight 0.3 mi · 0.5 kmExplore Isle of Wight →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J8°5°78
- F7°4°56
- M9°5°63
- A11°6°48
- M14°9°48
- J17°12°42
- J19°14°43
- A19°15°47
- S17°13°62
- O14°11°96
- N11°8°87
- D9°5°87
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
A short exhilarating clifftop walk over Culver Down, taking in the historic Bembridge Fort & Yarborough Monument, along with views over Sandown Bay & Brading Haven. Watch out for peregrines, ravens, cowslips & butterflies. Tricky sections in bad weather.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Region
- Isle of Wight (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.3 km SE of Brading (Isle of Wight, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- National Trust car park at Bembridge Fort. Grid ref: SZ625859 → National Trust car park at Bembridge Fort. Grid ref: SZ625859
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 50.6678, -1.1103
- Route start
- 50.6704, -1.1165
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19335005
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/isle-of-wight/bembrid
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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