Harpenden 5m

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.11 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 30 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 73 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 77 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 132 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 86 m
  • ⚐
    District: Harpenden 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.81776° / W 0.36692°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 124 m - Start near 50 Townsend Ln, Harpenden AL5 2QS, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 124 m - Head east on Townsend Ln toward Alders End Ln
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Rosebery Ave
  4. 4 : km 0.46 - alt. 122 m - Head northeast on Kirkwick Ave toward Salisbury Ave
  5. 5 : km 0.55 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Salisbury Ave
  6. 6 : km 0.66 - alt. 116 m - Turn left onto Rothamsted Ave
  7. 7 : km 0.75 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto Ave St Nicholas
  8. 8 : km 0.9 - alt. 114 m - Head south on Ave St Nicholas toward Amenbury Ln
  9. 9 : km 0.95 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Amenbury Ln
  10. 10 : km 1.11 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Leyton Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.34 - alt. 104 m - Head south on Leyton Rd
  12. 12 : km 1.39 - alt. 105 m - Turn left to stay on Leyton Rd
  13. 13 : km 1.41 - alt. 104 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bull Rd
  14. 14 : km 1.5 - alt. 103 m - Slight right onto Southdown Rd
  15. 15 : km 1.94 - alt. 99 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Crabtree Ln
  16. 16 : km 2.14 - alt. 108 m - Head north on Crabtree Ln toward Aysgarth Cl
  17. 17 : km 2.24 - alt. 114 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Crabtree Ln
  18. 18 : km 2.26 - alt. 114 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Crabtree Ln
  19. 19 : km 2.45 - alt. 123 m - Head northeast on Crabtree Ln toward Gilpin Green
  20. 20 : km 2.79 - alt. 126 m - Head northeast on Crabtree Ln
  21. 21 : km 2.82 - alt. 125 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Aldwickbury Cres
  22. 22 : km 3.33 - alt. 118 m - Head north on Aldwickbury Cres toward Waldegrave Park
  23. 23 : km 3.72 - alt. 116 m - Turn right onto Crabtree Ln
  24. 24 : km 3.76 - alt. 115 m - Head northeast on Crabtree Ln toward Lyndhurst Dr
  25. 25 : km 4.03 - alt. 100 m - Head northeast on Crabtree Ln toward Langdale Ave
  26. 26 : km 4.21 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Marquis Ln
  27. 27 : km 4.36 - alt. 89 m - Head west on Marquis Ln toward Station Rd/B652
  28. 28 : km 4.6 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Station Rd/B652
  29. 29 : km 4.71 - alt. 90 m - Head northwest on Station Rd/B652 toward Mallard Mews
  30. 30 : km 4.93 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Coldharbour Ln
  31. 31 : km 5.01 - alt. 89 m - Head northwest on Coldharbour Ln toward Ox Ln
  32. 32 : km 5.34 - alt. 88 m - Head northwest on Coldharbour Ln toward Lea Walk
  33. 33 : km 5.7 - alt. 89 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Westfield Rd
  34. 34 : km 5.8 - alt. 96 m - Head southwest on Westfield Rd toward Beeching Cl
  35. 35 : km 6.09 - alt. 110 m - Head southwest on Westfield Rd toward Masefield Rd
  36. 36 : km 6.36 - alt. 115 m - Head southwest on Westfield Rd toward Stonemason Cl
  37. 37 : km 6.66 - alt. 126 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Ox Ln
  38. 38 : km 6.67 - alt. 126 m - Head west toward Hollybush Ln
  39. 39 : km 6.69 - alt. 124 m - Exit the roundabout onto Hollybush Ln
  40. 40 : km 6.85 - alt. 126 m - Head west on Hollybush Ln toward Wordsworth Rd
  41. 41 : km 7.08 - alt. 116 m - Turn left onto Clarence Rd
  42. 42 : km 7.18 - alt. 109 m - Head southwest on Clarence Rd toward Luton Rd/A1081
  43. 43 : km 7.26 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Luton Rd/A1081
  44. 44 : km 7.29 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Moreton End Ln
  45. 45 : km 7.42 - alt. 115 m - Head west on Moreton End Ln toward Moreton End Cl
  46. 46 : km 7.76 - alt. 132 m - Continue onto Alders End Ln
  47. 47 : km 7.78 - alt. 131 m - Head southwest on Alders End Ln toward Claygate Ave
  48. 48 : km 7.99 - alt. 122 m - Head southeast on Alders End Ln toward Broadfields
  49. 49 : km 8.1 - alt. 124 m - Turn right onto Townsend Ln
  50. S/E : km 8.11 - alt. 124 m

Useful Information

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