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United Kingdom
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South East England
Kent
Sevenoaks
Cowden

Wall End Climb – Priory Road Climb loop from Cowden

Moderate

11

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Wall End Climb – Priory Road Climb loop from Cowden

01:41

33.6km

560m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 16, 2026

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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4.86 km

Fifty Acre Wood

Forest

2

8.47 km

Wall End Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Listed as one of the 100 best climbs in the UK. Definitely worth a visit

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10.5 km

Priory Road Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Averages about 4% but it’s a long steady climb over about 3km into Ashdown Forrest

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14.5 km

Twyford Lane

Highlight • Climb

Twyford Lane is home to one of the Ashdown Forest’s more notorious hill climbs - Pillow Mounds. It’s got some steep sections and a few false summits but it’s a …

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17.5 km

Some of the best views from the Ashdown Forest are from Broadstone Car Park, off of Colemans Hatch Road.

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6

17.6 km

Coleman's Hatch Road, also known as the Ridge Road, provides a long gentle slope with great Ashdown Forest views looking over Broadstone Warren and Forest Row towards the London Basin.

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20.4 km

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

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Kidd’s Hill, otherwise known as the Wall, is the hardest climb in the Ashdown Forest. It’s straight, steep and keeps on going. The climb ends shortly after the road emerges …

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22.2 km

Cotchford Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

This is a long hill that sits next to the more famous Kidd's Hill (also known as 'The Wall'), personally I prefer the short sharp shock of the wall but this is also quite a nice climb.

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26.6 km

Pooh Corner

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Pooh Corner is a lovely cafe on the edge of Ashdown Forest, where the Winnie the Pooh stories were coined by A.A. Milne. Built in 1703, the pretty white building …

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33.6 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.0 km

3.53 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.5 km

143 m

< 100 m

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