Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Tolkien Trail loop – Cannock Chase

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Tolkien Trail loop – Cannock Chase

Moderate

4.6

(16)

hikers

Tolkien Trail loop – Cannock Chase

04:01

15.0km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: June 10, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Cannock Chase AONB

Waypoints

Start point

Get Directions

1.65 km

Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Glacial Boulder is a chunk of granite which travelled from Scotland to Staffordshire in an ice sheet during the last Ice Age. After being found in a pit in …

Tip by

3.25 km

View of the Staffordshire Peaks

Highlight • Forest

5.19 km

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Highlight • Monument

The Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery is the largest German military cemetery in the United Kingdom.

The Cemetery contains the graves of nearly 5,000 German nationals who lost their lives …

Tip by

6.00 km

Bremen 25 Stone Marker

Highlight • Monument

"This refers to the 25 Oak Trees planted in the nearby German Military Cemetery in 1987."

Tip by

9.24 km

Brocton Camp Information Board

Highlight • Historical Site

In the autumn of 1914, only months after the start of the First World War, construction of two large camps began on Cannock Chase. The camps (known as Brocton Camp …

Tip by

9.59 km

Burma Star Memorial Copse

Highlight • Natural

The memorial at the junction of Marquis Drive and the entrance to the former RAF Camp, RAF Hednesford. This is very close to the Cannock Chase Visitors Centre. The placed …

Tip by

12.8 km

The Butts Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

Surely worth a trip to the trig point for the name alone. Some nice views around the area, plenty of heather out at this time of year.

Tip by

15.0 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.82 km

2.91 km

2.02 km

871 m

720 m

658 m

Surfaces

5.49 km

5.32 km

1.86 km

1.07 km

899 m

354 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Monday 6 July

24°C

16°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

This route was planned by komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.3

319

Tolkien Trail: Great Haywood loop – Cannock Chase

02:51h

10.5km

140m

Easy

4.1

253

Fairoak Pools loop

01:21h

5.05km

50m

Easy

4.6

244

Sutton Park 5km Walk

01:19h

4.98km

50m

Easy

4.8

196

Dimmingsdale and Earl's Road Loop

01:45h

6.34km

100m

Moderate

4.7

113

Sherbrook Trail loop – Cannock Chase

03:48h

14.3km

150m

Moderate

4.7

167

Trent and Mersey Canal to The Coventry Canal via Fradley Junction

02:12h

8.70km

20m

Moderate

4.0

Trent Valley Way: Trentham Monument Circular

02:56h

10.7km

170m

Easy

4.6

Chasewater Country Park loop

01:32h

6.02km

20m

Moderate

4.7

Milford to Shugborough Estate loop – Cannock Chase

02:09h

8.12km

80m

Moderate

4.7

Sutton Park loop

02:13h

8.47km

60m

Easy

4.3

Stepping Stones loop – Cannock Chase

01:13h

4.46km

70m

Moderate

4.2

Castle Ring loop – Cannock Chase

02:43h

9.78km

180m

Tolkien Trail loop – Cannock Chase

Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase

View of the Staffordshire Peaks

Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Bremen 25 Stone Marker

Brocton Camp Information Board

Burma Star Memorial Copse

The Butts Trig Point

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️