Bristol 6K

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.97 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 66 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 66 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 79 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 13 m - Start near 8 William St, Bristol, City of Bristol BS2 8XH, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 13 m - Walk north-west on William St towards City Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 16 m - Walk north-west towards City Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.06 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto City Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.58 - alt. 20 m - Walk north on Stokes Croft/A38 towards Jamaica St
  6. 6 : km 0.88 - alt. 25 m - Walk north on Cheltenham Rd/A38 towards Bath Buildings
  7. 7 : km 1.18 - alt. 28 m - Walk north on Cheltenham Rd/A38 towards Winsley Rd
  8. 8 : km 1.37 - alt. 27 m - Slight right to stay on Cheltenham Rd/A38
  9. 9 : km 1.43 - alt. 26 m - Walk south-west on Cotham Brow towards Cheltenham Rd/A38
  10. 10 : km 1.59 - alt. 32 m - Enter the roundabout
  11. 11 : km 1.6 - alt. 33 m - Walk west towards Cotham Brow
  12. 12 : km 1.61 - alt. 33 m - Exit the roundabout onto Cotham Brow
  13. 13 : km 1.83 - alt. 50 m - Walk south on Cotham Brow towards Fremantle Rd
  14. 14 : km 2.01 - alt. 64 m - Continue onto Cotham Rd
  15. 15 : km 2.1 - alt. 65 m - Walk south-west on Cotham Rd towards Cotham Park
  16. 16 : km 2.15 - alt. 66 m - Turn right to stay on Cotham Rd
  17. 17 : km 2.59 - alt. 75 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Cotham Hill
  18. 18 : km 2.71 - alt. 70 m - Walk west on Cotham Hill towards Hillside
  19. 19 : km 2.81 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto West Park
  20. 20 : km 3.01 - alt. 58 m - Walk south on Whiteladies Rd/A4018 towards Belgrave Rd
  21. 21 : km 3.3 - alt. 55 m - Walk south on Whiteladies Rd/A4018
  22. 22 : km 3.38 - alt. 55 m - Slight left to stay on Whiteladies Rd/A4018
  23. 23 : km 3.82 - alt. 45 m - Continue onto Park Row/B4051
  24. 24 : km 4.01 - alt. 44 m - Walk east on Park Row/B4051 towards Woodland Rd
  25. 25 : km 4.81 - alt. 19 m - Walk west on Marlborough St/B4051 towards Dighton St
  26. 26 : km 4.82 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Dighton St/B4051
  27. 27 : km 5.25 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Jamaica St
  28. 28 : km 5.26 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Stokes Croft/A38
  29. 29 : km 5.29 - alt. 22 m - Walk south on Stokes Croft/A38 towards City Rd
  30. 30 : km 5.35 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto City Rd
  31. 31 : km 5.89 - alt. 17 m - Walk south-west on City Rd
  32. 32 : km 5.91 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto William St
  33. S/E : km 5.97 - alt. 13 m

Useful Information

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Walking Barn Wood

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Walking Stoke Park

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Walking Rhododendron

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Walking Gorge

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↔1.80 km ↗+37 m ↘-35 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
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↔2.46 km ↗+30 m ↘-33 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to 1093, with various rebuilding over the years until an extensive refurbishment in 1878. Look out for two notable graves; an obelisk memorial to the Egyptologist Amelia Edwards and coloured head and foot stones of ‘Scipio Africanus’, a negro slave.

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