WyeForest 50 Route overview & Picture Gallery

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The start is at the Whitecross School & Leisure Centre. All checkpoints after the first are indoors and there are again several significant changes to the route: so if you have done the event previously it was important to read the route description. To sum up we visit many of the old favourites with some new vistas & challenges thrown in.

The route goes in a northerly direction to Parkend then on a new route now passing Cannop Ponds then climbing through the forest to the first checkpoint. 

The route then goes west before swinging south through the Newland Valley then climbs to St Briavels. From there the route goes through ancient woodland to descend to the beautiful Wye Valley. 

The route then follows the river Wye to Brockweir to cross the river then follows the Wye Valley Walk to re-cross the river at Redbrook. After a meal it's into the night to climb over the Kymin then following the High Meadow Trail up past the Suck Stone & Near Harkening Rock. Decsend through woodland to the Wye then climb Symonds Yat rock. Another descent to the Wye & on to reach  English Bicknor before eventually swinging south through the heart of the Forest of Dean on a new route to reach Parkend. 

The route then continues south following an interesting new route to the finish.

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