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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.79 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 45 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 31 m
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    Vertical drop: - 26 m
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    Highest point: 81 m
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    Lowest point: 54 m
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    District: Maidstone 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.27424° / E 0.55255°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 54 m - Start near Provender Way, Weavering, Maidstone ME14, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 54 m - Walk north-west on Provender Way towards Blacksmith Dr
  3. 3 : km 0.31 - alt. 60 m - Walk north on Provender Way towards Threshers Dr
  4. 4 : km 0.56 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Grovewood Dr N
  5. 5 : km 0.62 - alt. 64 m - Walk north-west on Grovewood Dr N
  6. 6 : km 0.68 - alt. 64 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto New Cut Rd
  7. 7 : km 0.86 - alt. 65 m - Walk north on New Cut Rd
  8. 8 : km 0.95 - alt. 59 m - Slight left towards Bearsted Rd
  9. 9 : km 1.1 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Bearsted Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.15 - alt. 59 m - Walk north-west on Bearsted Rd towards Bearsted Rd/A249
  11. 11 : km 1.45 - alt. 64 m - Walk west on Bearsted Rd/A249 towards Hampton Rd
  12. 12 : km 1.76 - alt. 65 m - Walk west on Bearsted Rd/A249
  13. 13 : km 1.89 - alt. 73 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Penenden Heath Rd
  14. 14 : km 1.97 - alt. 74 m - Walk north-west on Penenden Heath Rd towards Heathfield Rd
  15. 15 : km 2.25 - alt. 65 m - Walk north-west on Penenden Heath Rd towards Faraday Rd
  16. 16 : km 2.45 - alt. 56 m - Enter the roundabout
  17. 17 : km 2.47 - alt. 56 m - Walk south-east towards Boxley Rd
  18. 18 : km 2.48 - alt. 56 m - Exit the roundabout onto Boxley Rd
  19. 19 : km 2.79 - alt. 70 m - Walk south-west on Boxley Rd towards North Way
  20. 20 : km 2.84 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Heathfield Rd
  21. 21 : km 2.94 - alt. 72 m - Walk south-east on Heathfield Rd towards St Francis Cl
  22. 22 : km 3.21 - alt. 80 m - Walk east on Heathfield Rd towards Silchester Ct
  23. 23 : km 3.44 - alt. 74 m - Walk north-east on Heathfield Rd towards Penenden Heath Rd
  24. 24 : km 3.46 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Penenden Heath Rd
  25. 25 : km 3.49 - alt. 73 m - Slight left to stay on Penenden Heath Rd
  26. 26 : km 3.52 - alt. 73 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bus Ln
  27. 27 : km 3.58 - alt. 71 m - Continue onto Sittingbourne Rd
  28. 28 : km 3.64 - alt. 68 m - Walk east on Sittingbourne Rd
  29. 29 : km 4 - alt. 65 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
  30. 30 : km 4.07 - alt. 64 m - Walk south towards Bearsted Rd/A249
  31. 31 : km 4.24 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Bearsted Rd/A249
  32. 32 : km 4.33 - alt. 64 m - Enter the roundabout
  33. 33 : km 4.34 - alt. 64 m - Walk south towards Bearsted Rd/A249
  34. 34 : km 4.39 - alt. 64 m - Exit the roundabout onto Bearsted Rd
  35. 35 : km 4.69 - alt. 57 m - Enter the roundabout
  36. 36 : km 4.7 - alt. 57 m - Walk south-west towards Bearsted Rd
  37. 37 : km 4.74 - alt. 56 m - Exit the roundabout onto New Cut Rd
  38. 38 : km 5.13 - alt. 64 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Grovewood Dr N
  39. 39 : km 5.16 - alt. 64 m - Walk south-east on Grovewood Dr N towards Provender Way
  40. 40 : km 5.26 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Provender Way
  41. S/E : km 5.79 - alt. 55 m

Useful Information

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