Swindon Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.42 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 63 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 69 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 140 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 94 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

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

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 100 m - Start on Emlyn Square
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Emlyn Square
  3. 3 : km 0.02 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Emlyn Square
  4. 4 : km 0.07 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Emlyn Square
  5. 5 : km 0.07 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Reading Street
  6. 6 : km 0.26 - alt. 100 m - Turn sharp left onto Holbrook Way
  7. 7 : km 0.27 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.35 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Bridge Street
  9. 9 : km 0.89 - alt. 104 m - Keep left
  10. 10 : km 0.97 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 0.98 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 1.01 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 1.07 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Crombey Street
  14. 14 : km 1.09 - alt. 108 m - Turn slight right onto Regent Circus
  15. 15 : km 1.15 - alt. 109 m - Keep right onto Victoria Road
  16. 16 : km 1.21 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Durham Street
  17. 17 : km 1.33 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 1.35 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 1.37 - alt. 105 m - Keep right
  20. 20 : km 1.49 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 1.51 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 1.7 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Drove Road, B4289
  23. 23 : km 1.99 - alt. 119 m - Keep left onto Drove Road, B4289
  24. 24 : km 2.01 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 2.24 - alt. 114 m - Keep right
  26. 26 : km 2.35 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 2.38 - alt. 120 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 2.94 - alt. 109 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 2.98 - alt. 111 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 3.43 - alt. 114 m - Turn right onto Farleigh Crescent
  31. 31 : km 3.54 - alt. 117 m - Keep right
  32. 32 : km 3.56 - alt. 117 m - Keep left
  33. 33 : km 3.93 - alt. 125 m - Turn right onto Marlborough Road, B4006
  34. 34 : km 4.03 - alt. 126 m - Keep left onto Marlborough Road, B4006
  35. 35 : km 4.13 - alt. 127 m - At roundabout, take exit 3
  36. 36 : km 4.25 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 4.26 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 4.5 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 4.62 - alt. 124 m - Turn slight left
  40. 40 : km 4.72 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  41. 41 : km 4.8 - alt. 120 m - Keep left
  42. 42 : km 4.9 - alt. 114 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 5.23 - alt. 117 m - Turn slight left
  44. 44 : km 5.28 - alt. 116 m - Turn left onto Pipers Way, B4006
  45. 45 : km 5.73 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 6.47 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Pipers Way, B4006
  47. 47 : km 6.73 - alt. 103 m - Keep left
  48. 48 : km 6.75 - alt. 102 m - Keep left
  49. 49 : km 6.81 - alt. 104 m - Keep right
  50. 50 : km 6.88 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 6.89 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  52. 52 : km 6.91 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 6.92 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Croft Road
  54. 54 : km 7.36 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight left onto Yelland Walk
  55. 55 : km 8.81 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Foxham Way
  56. 56 : km 8.86 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Foxham Way
  57. 57 : km 8.87 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Mill Lane
  58. 58 : km 9.18 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  59. 59 : km 9.24 - alt. 99 m - Keep right
  60. 60 : km 9.26 - alt. 99 m - Turn slight left
  61. 61 : km 9.47 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 9.53 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp right
  63. 63 : km 11.84 - alt. 136 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 11.95 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Newport Street, B4289
  65. 65 : km 12.16 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto High Street, B4289
  66. 66 : km 12.34 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto Wood Street
  67. 67 : km 12.49 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Albert Street
  68. 68 : km 12.65 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Union Row
  69. 69 : km 12.78 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Union Street
  70. 70 : km 12.99 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Prospect Hill
  71. 71 : km 13.2 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto Rolleston Street
  72. 72 : km 13.25 - alt. 113 m - Turn slight left onto Edmund Street
  73. 73 : km 13.28 - alt. 112 m - Turn left
  74. 74 : km 13.4 - alt. 115 m - Turn sharp left onto Eastcott Hill
  75. 75 : km 13.41 - alt. 116 m - Turn right onto Dixon Street
  76. 76 : km 13.8 - alt. 124 m - Keep right
  77. 77 : km 14.08 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  78. 78 : km 14.16 - alt. 112 m - Turn left onto Radnor Street
  79. 79 : km 14.31 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Stanmore Street
  80. 80 : km 14.44 - alt. 101 m - Turn slight left onto The Moorings
  81. 81 : km 14.47 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto The Moorings
  82. 82 : km 14.54 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  83. 83 : km 14.55 - alt. 99 m - Turn left
  84. 84 : km 14.56 - alt. 99 m - Turn sharp right
  85. 85 : km 14.78 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
  86. 86 : km 15.45 - alt. 96 m - Turn right
  87. 87 : km 15.5 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
  88. 88 : km 15.79 - alt. 98 m - Turn slight right
  89. 89 : km 16.34 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Lynmouth Road
  90. 90 : km 16.34 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Penzance Drive
  91. 91 : km 16.44 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  92. 92 : km 16.5 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  93. 93 : km 16.53 - alt. 102 m - Keep right
  94. 94 : km 16.54 - alt. 102 m - Keep left
  95. 95 : km 16.56 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight right
  96. 96 : km 16.56 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  97. 97 : km 16.58 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
  98. 98 : km 16.59 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  99. 99 : km 16.65 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
  100. 100 : km 16.73 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
  101. 101 : km 17.16 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  102. 102 : km 17.17 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Church Place
  103. 103 : km 17.2 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Church Place
  104. 104 : km 17.23 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Bathampton Street
  105. 105 : km 17.36 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  106. 106 : km 17.41 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Exeter Street
  107. S/E : km 17.42 - alt. 100 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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