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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)
- J7°2°85
- F7°1°58
- M9°3°70
- A12°4°60
- M15°7°67
- J18°10°57
- J20°12°61
- A20°12°63
- S17°10°68
- O13°7°92
- N9°4°91
- D7°2°91
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 221 km · 137 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Somerset
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- WR
- Route centre
- 51.0841, -2.3399
- Route start
- 51.4185, -1.7336
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 319118
- Wikidata
- Q7984148
- Official info
- ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=
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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South Downs Way
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