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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8¼mls (13km) |
| Ascent: | 1,719ft (524m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk gl130:
Symonds Yat - Symonds Yat Rock - The River Wye - The Slughter - The Wye Valley Walk - The Biblins - The Gosling Ash - Near Hearkening Rock - The Suck Stone - Staunton (Coleford) - Braceland - Motiva Ropes Course - Symonds Yat
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The Suck Stone is thought to be the largest single boulder in Britain.
At 33m (108ft) The Gosling Ash is the tallest recorded broadleaf tree in the Forest of Dean
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Symonds Yat Rock at 153m (502ft). Symonds Yat Rock is known as an English Bridget.
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer OL14 Wye Valley and Forest of Dean is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean is not currently available
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gl130 The Suck Stone from Symonds Yat
In no particular order . . .
The Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons from Near Hearkening Rock, Highmeadow Woods
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