8k Vinter/peneaden Heath

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.12 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 98 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 97 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 75 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 10 m
  • ⚐
    District: Maidstone 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.2686° / E 0.53433°
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Description

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 35 m - Start near 5 Willow Way, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7RL, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 35 m - Walk south on Willow Way towards Birch Tree Way
  3. 3 : km 0.08 - alt. 39 m - Walk west on Birch Tree Way towards Greenside
  4. 4 : km 0.3 - alt. 37 m - Walk north on Greenside towards Elm Grove
  5. 5 : km 0.49 - alt. 29 m - Walk north on Greenside towards Mote Ave
  6. 6 : km 0.61 - alt. 23 m - Slight left onto Mote Ave
  7. 7 : km 0.63 - alt. 23 m - Walk west on Mote Ave
  8. 8 : km 0.63 - alt. 23 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Square Hill Rd
  9. 9 : km 0.84 - alt. 14 m - Walk north-east on Square Hill Rd towards Blythe Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.04 - alt. 19 m - Walk north-east on Square Hill Rd towards Ashford Rd/A20
  11. 11 : km 1.04 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Ashford Rd/A20
  12. 12 : km 1.13 - alt. 20 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 1.14 - alt. 20 m - Walk north towards Lenfield Ave
  14. 14 : km 1.19 - alt. 24 m - Walk north towards Lenfield Ave
  15. 15 : km 1.2 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Huntsman Ln
  16. 16 : km 1.22 - alt. 25 m - Turn left to stay on Huntsman Ln
  17. 17 : km 1.26 - alt. 27 m - Walk north-east on Huntsman Ln towards Vinters Rd
  18. 18 : km 1.32 - alt. 31 m - Slight right to stay on Huntsman Ln
  19. 19 : km 1.46 - alt. 37 m - Walk south-east on Snowdon Ave towards Goldthorne Cl
  20. 20 : km 1.66 - alt. 36 m - Walk north-east on Alkham Rd towards Birchington Cl
  21. 21 : km 1.97 - alt. 50 m - Walk north on Alkham Rd towards Hadlow Rd
  22. 22 : km 2.14 - alt. 54 m - Walk north on Alkham Rd towards Hampton Rd
  23. 23 : km 2.24 - alt. 57 m - Walk east on Hampton Rd towards Bedgebury Cl
  24. 24 : km 2.41 - alt. 61 m - Walk north-east on Hampton Rd towards Cooling Cl
  25. 25 : km 2.64 - alt. 62 m - Walk north-east on Hampton Rd towards Weyhill Cl
  26. 26 : km 2.83 - alt. 62 m - Walk north on Hampton Rd towards Bearsted Rd/A249
  27. 27 : km 2.84 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Bearsted Rd/A249
  28. 28 : km 3.07 - alt. 73 m - Enter the roundabout
  29. 29 : km 3.12 - alt. 73 m - Walk north-west on Penenden Heath Rd towards Heathfield Rd
  30. 30 : km 3.34 - alt. 70 m - Walk north-west on Penenden Heath Rd towards Sandy Ln
  31. 31 : km 3.59 - alt. 57 m - Walk north-west on Penenden Heath Rd
  32. 32 : km 3.63 - alt. 56 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Sandling Ln
  33. 33 : km 3.82 - alt. 53 m - Walk west on Sandling Ln towards Wordsworth Rd
  34. 34 : km 3.95 - alt. 52 m - Walk west on Sandling Ln towards Woodland Way
  35. 35 : km 3.95 - alt. 52 m - Turn left onto Woodland Way
  36. 36 : km 4.18 - alt. 61 m - Woodland Way turns left and becomes North Way
  37. 37 : km 4.19 - alt. 61 m - Walk south-east on North Way towards Boxley Rd
  38. 38 : km 4.39 - alt. 70 m - Walk south-east on North Way towards Boxley Rd
  39. 39 : km 4.39 - alt. 70 m - Continue onto Heathfield Rd
  40. 40 : km 4.61 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 5.17 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Curzon Road
  42. 42 : km 5.17 - alt. 54 m - Turn right onto Park Avenue
  43. 43 : km 5.24 - alt. 52 m - Continue onto Wheeler Street
  44. 44 : km 5.62 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Holland Road, B2012
  45. 45 : km 6.05 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Sittingbourne Road, A249
  46. 46 : km 6.13 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Vinters Road
  47. 47 : km 6.14 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 6.35 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Sittingbourne Road, A249
  49. 49 : km 6.51 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left onto A249
  50. 50 : km 6.56 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left onto Andrew Broughton Way, A249
  51. 51 : km 6.58 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left
  52. 52 : km 6.62 - alt. 22 m - Turn slight left onto Andrew Broughton Way, A249
  53. 53 : km 6.66 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight left onto Andrew Broughton Way, A20
  54. 54 : km 6.73 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left onto Ashford Road, A20
  55. 55 : km 6.79 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Square Hill Road
  56. 56 : km 6.98 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Blythe Road
  57. 57 : km 7 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Square Hill Road
  58. 58 : km 7.2 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Mote Road
  59. 59 : km 7.28 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Hastings Road
  60. 60 : km 7.64 - alt. 36 m - Continue onto St Phillips Avenue
  61. 61 : km 7.64 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 7.77 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Lower Road
  63. 63 : km 8 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp left onto Willow Way
  64. S/E : km 8.12 - alt. 39 m

Useful Information

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