Oakwood Park & Fant Lane Route: 5.540km

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.54 km
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    Calculated time: 1h 45 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 50 m
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    Vertical drop: - 53 m
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    Highest point: 84 m
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    Lowest point: 28 m
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    District: Maidstone 
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    Start/End: N 51.26579° / E 0.48298°
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 71 m - Start near 456-458 Tonbridge Rd, Maidstone, Kent ME16, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 71 m - Head north on Fountain Ln/B2246 towards Heath Grove
  3. 3 : km 0.22 - alt. 78 m - Head north-west on Hermitage Ln/B2246 towards Marigold Way
  4. 4 : km 0.44 - alt. 82 m - Head north on Hermitage Ln/B2246 towards Marigold Way
  5. 5 : km 0.66 - alt. 84 m - Head north on Hermitage Ln/B2246
  6. 6 : km 0.73 - alt. 84 m - Head east
  7. 7 : km 0.84 - alt. 81 m - Enter the roundabout
  8. 8 : km 0.85 - alt. 81 m - Head north
  9. 9 : km 1.04 - alt. 79 m - Head east
  10. 10 : km 1.48 - alt. 74 m - Head north-east on Queen's Rd towards Freshland Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.6 - alt. 72 m - Head east on Queen's Rd towards Gainsborough Dr
  12. 12 : km 1.72 - alt. 71 m - Head east on Queen's Rd towards Shaftesbury Dr
  13. 13 : km 1.93 - alt. 71 m - Head south
  14. 14 : km 2.17 - alt. 68 m - Head south-east towards Oakwood Rd
  15. 15 : km 2.53 - alt. 53 m - Head south-east towards Oakwood Rd
  16. 16 : km 2.53 - alt. 53 m - Slight left onto Oakwood Rd
  17. 17 : km 2.72 - alt. 46 m - Continue onto Bower Mount Rd
  18. 18 : km 2.77 - alt. 44 m - Head south on Bower Mount Rd towards Tonbridge Rd/A26
  19. 19 : km 2.85 - alt. 39 m - Head south-west on Tonbridge Rd/A26 towards St Michael's Rd
  20. 20 : km 2.92 - alt. 40 m - Head south-east on St Michael's Rd towards Upper Fant Rd
  21. 21 : km 3.12 - alt. 28 m - Head west on Upper Fant Rd towards Lower Fant Rd
  22. 22 : km 3.55 - alt. 30 m - Head south-west on Upper Fant Rd towards Charlton St
  23. 23 : km 3.91 - alt. 30 m - Head south-west on Upper Fant Rd towards Unicumes Ln
  24. 24 : km 3.96 - alt. 30 m - Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Unicumes Ln
  25. 25 : km 3.96 - alt. 30 m - Head north-west on Unicumes Ln towards Upper Fant Rd
  26. 26 : km 3.96 - alt. 30 m - Continue onto Hackney Rd
  27. 27 : km 4.3 - alt. 51 m - Head west on Hackney Rd towards Chamberlain Ave
  28. 28 : km 4.43 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto Gatland Ln
  29. 29 : km 4.56 - alt. 49 m - Head west on Gatland Ln towards Chamberlain Ave
  30. 30 : km 4.83 - alt. 57 m - Head west on Gatland Ln towards Terminus Rd
  31. 31 : km 5.16 - alt. 60 m - Head north on Farleigh Ln towards Tonbridge Rd/A26
  32. 32 : km 5.4 - alt. 69 m - Head north on Farleigh Ln towards Tonbridge Rd/A26
  33. S/E : km 5.54 - alt. 71 m

Useful Information

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