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Creation

28 May 2024

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 27.44 km
Calculated time: 8h 00
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 67 m
Vertical drop: - 62 m
Highest point: 51 m
Lowest point: 3 m

District: Ipswich
Start/End: N 52.05539° / E 1.19053°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 39 m - Start near 158-164 Britannia Rd, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5HA, UK
2 : km 0 - alt. 39 m - Head south on Britannia Rd toward Copleston Rd
3 : km 0.4 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Foxhall Rd
4 : km 0.44 - alt. 39 m - Head east on Foxhall Rd toward Roy Ave
5 : km 1.55 - alt. 37 m - Head southeast on Foxhall Rd toward Arundel Way
6 : km 3.58 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Bell Ln
7 : km 3.87 - alt. 33 m - Head north on Bell Ln toward Glanville Pl
8 : km 5.24 - alt. 35 m - Head northwest on Bell Ln toward Mackenzie Dr
9 : km 5.37 - alt. 34 m - Turn left toward Main Rd/A1214
10 : km 5.39 - alt. 35 m - Turn right toward Main Rd/A1214
11 : km 5.42 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Main Rd/A1214
12 : km 5.44 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Dr Watsons Ln
13 : km 6.17 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Playford Rd
14 : km 8.08 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Humber Doucy Ln
15 : km 8.69 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto The Street Rushmere
16 : km 8.7 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Humber Doucy Ln
17 : km 10.12 - alt. 50 m - Head northwest on Humber Doucy Ln toward Inverness Rd
18 : km 10.67 - alt. 50 m - Turn left onto Tuddenham Rd
19 : km 11.93 - alt. 47 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Colchester Rd/A1214
20 : km 14.01 - alt. 42 m - Head southeast on Colchester Rd/A1214 toward Crofton Rd
21 : km 14.34 - alt. 40 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Heath Rd/A1189
22 : km 14.65 - alt. 40 m - Slight right to stay on Heath Rd/A1189
23 : km 15.37 - alt. 38 m - Head south on Heath Rd/A1189 toward Foxhall Rd
24 : km 16.57 - alt. 30 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Felixstowe Rd/A1156
25 : km 17.42 - alt. 31 m - Head southeast on Felixstowe Rd/A1156
26 : km 17.56 - alt. 30 m - Slight right to stay on Felixstowe Rd/A1156
27 : km 17.58 - alt. 29 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Ransomes Way/A1189
28 : km 18.18 - alt. 37 m - Head southwest on Ransomes Way/A1189
29 : km 18.33 - alt. 37 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Nacton Rd
30 : km 19 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
31 : km 19.01 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
32 : km 19.13 - alt. 37 m - Head northwest toward Lindbergh Rd
33 : km 19.35 - alt. 38 m - Turn left toward Nacton Rd
34 : km 19.36 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Nacton Rd
35 : km 21.31 - alt. 34 m - Slight left onto Bishops Hill/A1156
36 : km 21.76 - alt. 9 m - Turn right
37 : km 21.78 - alt. 9 m - Head southwest toward Fore Hamlet/A1156
38 : km 21.79 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Fore Hamlet/A1156
39 : km 21.92 - alt. 7 m - Head northwest on Fore Hamlet/A1156 toward Duke St/B1458
40 : km 22.08 - alt. 4 m - Head west on Fore St/A1156 toward Grimwade St
41 : km 22.2 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Grimwade St/A1156
42 : km 22.75 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Woodbridge Rd/A1156
43 : km 22.86 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Christchurch St
44 : km 23.38 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Tuddenham Rd
45 : km 23.98 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Belvedere Rd
46 : km 24.18 - alt. 44 m - Continue onto Cemetery Ln
47 : km 24.8 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Colchester Rd/A1214
48 : km 25.27 - alt. 44 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Sidegate Ln
49 : km 26.11 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Woodbridge Rd
50 : km 26.87 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Britannia Rd
51 : km 26.91 - alt. 40 m - Head south on Britannia Rd toward Spring Rd
S/E : km 27.44 - alt. 39 m

Useful Information

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