# Route Rows

A **Route** row is for a walking-route page: the write-up and the map live together in one row. Visitors see the title, a short summary, distance, time and difficulty, the start location, optional facilities and accessibility features, then the interactive GPX map. Written directions can sit under the map.

This is a different job from a [Map](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/map-rows) row. A Map row is the map only, which you drop into any page. A Route row is the whole route: details first, then the same map editor underneath.

Kent Ramblers use Route rows on pages such as [Recommended Routes](https://www.kent.ngx-ramblers.org.uk/walks/routes/recommended).

![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/d19473d2-4f34-4904-9cc1-907a5060f998.jpeg)

*A Route row on the Kent Ramblers [Barham and Four Churches Walk](https://www.kent.ngx-ramblers.org.uk/walks/routes/recommended/barham-and-four-churches-walk): summary, distance, start location, features and the GPX map.*

## Adding a Route Row

1. Enter **edit site** mode.
2. Add a new row, or change an existing row's **Row Type** to **Route**.
3. The row opens with a **Route details** panel above the map editor.
4. Fill in the details, add a GPX (or converted) route on the map, then **Save page changes**.

## Route details

The Route details panel holds the write-up that appears above the map:

* **Title** - shown as a heading unless the page already has a matching heading.
* **Difficulty** - the same grades used on walks (optional).
* **Distance** - miles and kilometres, using the shared distance editor.
* **Avg mph** and **Time to walk it** - hours and minutes. Tick **Work it out from the distance and pace** to keep the time in step with distance and pace.
* **Summary** - the visual editor, for a sentence or two about the walk.
* **Features** - facilities, transport and accessibility, using the same feature lists as a walk. A small number of walk-only features are omitted.
* **Start location** - postcode, grid reference, What3Words and map pin, using the same start-location editor as a walk.

If a GPX file is already on the map, **Fill details from route** offers distance and related values from the track so you can accept or skip each suggestion.

## The map

Everything under Route details is the same map editor documented on [GPX Route Maps](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/map-rows):

* Upload GPX, or ESRI/GeoJSON files that convert on import
* Style colour, thickness and opacity per route
* OpenStreetMap or Ordnance Survey tiles
* Height, centre, zoom, auto-fit bounds, controls and waypoints

On a Route row the map defaults to Ordnance Survey tiles and hides map controls until a visitor turns them on. You can change both of those in the map settings.

Written directions, if you add them, appear in a framed section under the map. They stay hidden while someone is following the route on the map, unless you choose otherwise.

## When to use Route rather than Map

* Use **Route** for a dedicated walk-route page: one path, one write-up, one map.
* Use **Map** when the map is one section among text, photos or an index, or when you want several routes on a page without a route write-up attached to the row.
* Use a **Location** row as well if an index map should pin this page; a Route row's start location is for the route itself.

## See also

* [Page Row Types](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/page-row-types)
* [GPX Route Maps](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/map-rows)
* [Location Rows](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/location-rows)