Coltsfoot Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.92 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 95 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 96 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 125 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 77 m
  • ⚐
    District: Knebworth 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.881763° / W 0.192561°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 89 m - LEAVE ODYSSEY
  2. 2 : km 0.11 - alt. 81 m - TURN RIGHT ONTO OLD KNEBWORTH LANE
  3. 3 : km 0.31 - alt. 80 m - TURN RIGHT ONTO STEVENAGE ROAD
  4. 4 : km 0.43 - alt. 84 m - TURN RIGHT ONTO STEVENAGE ROAD
  5. 5 : km 0.47 - alt. 86 m - CONTINUE ALONG STEVENAGE ROAD
  6. 6 : km 2.29 - alt. 89 m - CONTINUE ALONG STEVENAGE ROAD TO KNEBWORTH HIGH STREET
  7. 7 : km 4.39 - alt. 105 m - FOLLOW LONDON ROAD FROM KNEBWORTH UNTIL YOU GET TO WOOLMER GREEN
  8. 8 : km 4.93 - alt. 97 m - AT MARDLEY HILL TURN LEFT ONTO FOOTPATH AND FOLLOW BRIDGERS PATH TO THE END
  9. 9 : km 5.01 - alt. 91 m - FOLLOW ROBBERY BOTTOM LANE TO BOTTOM THEN TAKE FOOTPATH
  10. 10 : km 6.43 - alt. 125 m - TAKE THE FOOTPATH MARKED TO BURNHAM GREEN AND FOLLOW TILL YOU REACH THE WHITE HORSE
  11. 11 : km 6.47 - alt. 124 m - AT THE WHITE HORSE TURN LEFT ONTO WHITE HORSE LANE
  12. 12 : km 6.55 - alt. 121 m - FOLLOW WHITE HORSE LANE UNTIL YOU SEE FOOTPATH ON RIGHT
  13. 13 : km 7.34 - alt. 115 m - FOLLOW FOOTPATH TO COLTSFOOT COUNTRY RETREAT THEN TURN LEFT
  14. 14 : km 7.83 - alt. 97 m - FOLLOW COLTSFOOT LANE UNTIL YOU REACH FOOTPATH ON THE RIGHT THEN TURN RIGHT
  15. 15 : km 8.35 - alt. 100 m - FOLLOW FOOTPATH TO DATCHWORTH GREEN
  16. 16 : km 8.56 - alt. 99 m - FOLLOW PATH DOWN PAST PAVILLION UNTIL YOU REACH THE MAIN ROAD THEN TURN LEFT
  17. 17 : km 8.67 - alt. 98 m - FOLLOW MAIN ROAD UNTIL YOU REACH THE FOOTPATH BEFORE THE VILLAGE HALL ON THE RIGHT
  18. 18 : km 9.52 - alt. 120 m - FOLLOW FOOTPATH TO DATCHWORTH CHURCH
  19. 19 : km 9.62 - alt. 120 m - AT DATCHWORTH CHURCH TURN LEFT ONTO BURY LANE
  20. 20 : km 10.5 - alt. 110 m - FOLLOW BURY LANE INTO BRAGBURY LANE UNTIL THE BEND
  21. 21 : km 11.33 - alt. 89 m - THEN TAKE FOOTPATH TO HARWOOD PARK
  22. 22 : km 11.44 - alt. 90 m - AT HARWOOD PARK TURN RIGHT AND CROSS WATTON ROAD
  23. 23 : km 11.9 - alt. 83 m - AT WATTON ROAD TURN LEFT ONTO FOOTPATH AND FOLLOW TO RAILWAY BRIDGE THEN TURN LEFT
  24. 24 : km 12.2 - alt. 85 m - FOLLOW THE TRACK TURNING RIGHT AND FOLLOW TO THE END AND THEN TURN RIGHT
  25. 25 : km 12.27 - alt. 84 m - GO UNDER RAILWAY BRIDGE THEN TURN LEFT
  26. 26 : km 13.35 - alt. 86 m - FOLLOW PATH ALONG THE RAILWAY LINE TO CARISBROOKE CLOSE
  27. 27 : km 13.6 - alt. 80 m - TURN LEFT ONTO OLD KNEBWORTH LANE
  28. S/E : km 13.92 - alt. 89 m - FOLLOW BACK TO ODYSSEY

Useful Information

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Walking Cuckolds Cross and Whitwell from St Paul's Walden

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Walking Kimpton Farmland and Nature, Chilterns

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