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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.17 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 53 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 51 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 134 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 97 m
  • ⚐
    District: Medway 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.351122° / E 0.52473°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 111 m - Start on Bradfields Avenue
  2. 2 : km 0.24 - alt. 107 m - Turn sharp left onto Churchill Avenue
  3. 3 : km 0.32 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Walderslade Road
  4. 4 : km 0.56 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Snodhurst Avenue
  5. 5 : km 0.8 - alt. 109 m - Turn left onto Harptree Drive
  6. 6 : km 1.1 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Harptree Drive
  7. 7 : km 1.17 - alt. 111 m - Turn slight right onto Harptree Drive
  8. 8 : km 1.28 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Snodhurst Avenue
  9. 9 : km 1.52 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Brake Avenue
  10. 10 : km 1.54 - alt. 115 m - Turn slight left onto Hurstwood
  11. 11 : km 1.97 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight right onto Hurstwood
  12. 12 : km 2.3 - alt. 120 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 2.3 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Barberry Avenue
  14. 14 : km 2.5 - alt. 117 m - Turn slight right onto Barberry Avenue
  15. 15 : km 2.9 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Amethyst Avenue
  16. 16 : km 2.94 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Vale Drive
  17. 17 : km 3.25 - alt. 114 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Shirley Avenue
  18. 18 : km 3.35 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Highview Drive
  19. 19 : km 3.58 - alt. 116 m - Turn right onto Maidstone Rd/A229
  20. 20 : km 3.85 - alt. 118 m - Slight right onto A229
  21. 21 : km 4.08 - alt. 116 m - Slight left onto Horsted Way/A230
  22. 22 : km 4.39 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 4.99 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Beatty Rd
  24. 24 : km 5.15 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto City Way/A229
  25. 25 : km 6.31 - alt. 116 m - Turn left onto Highview Dr
  26. 26 : km 6.54 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Shirley Ave
  27. 27 : km 6.55 - alt. 118 m - Turn left at Highview Dr
  28. 28 : km 6.6 - alt. 119 m - Slight left onto Highview Dr
  29. 29 : km 7.07 - alt. 120 m - Turn right to stay on Watson Ave
  30. 30 : km 7.39 - alt. 105 m - Slight left onto Hurstwood
  31. 31 : km 7.82 - alt. 116 m - Slight right onto Brake Ave
  32. 32 : km 7.95 - alt. 120 m - Turn left onto King George Rd
  33. 33 : km 8 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Gorse Ave
  34. 34 : km 8.09 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Yarrow Rd
  35. 35 : km 9.96 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Bradfields Ave W
  36. 36 : km 10.03 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Bradfields Ave
  37. S/E : km 10.17 - alt. 111 m

Useful Information

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