Maidstone St Johns 9.5k 23/0718

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.72 km
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    Calculated time: 3h 00 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
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    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 89 m
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    Vertical drop: - 84 m
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    Highest point: 75 m
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    Lowest point: 14 m
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    District: Maidstone 
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    Start/End: N 51.274736° / E 0.55209°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 55 m - Start on Provender Way
  2. 2 : km 0.49 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Grovewood Drive North
  3. 3 : km 0.61 - alt. 64 m - Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto New Cut Road
  4. 4 : km 0.86 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight left
  5. 5 : km 1.02 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 1.28 - alt. 63 m - Turn slight left
  7. 7 : km 1.33 - alt. 64 m - Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bearsted Road, A249
  8. 8 : km 1.82 - alt. 73 m - Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Penenden Heath Road
  9. 9 : km 3.98 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Old Chatham Road
  10. 10 : km 4.04 - alt. 26 m - Turn slight right onto Boarley Lane
  11. 11 : km 4.49 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left onto Boarley Lane
  12. 12 : km 4.64 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Grange Lane
  13. 13 : km 5.78 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight right onto Grange Lane
  14. 14 : km 6.21 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Boxley Road, C97
  15. 15 : km 6.97 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Penenden Heath Road
  16. 16 : km 7.5 - alt. 73 m - Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bearsted Road, A249
  17. 17 : km 7.53 - alt. 72 m - Turn slight right onto Bearsted Road, A249
  18. 18 : km 7.77 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 7.79 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Bearsted Road, A249
  20. 20 : km 8.03 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 8.05 - alt. 62 m - Turn right onto Bearsted Road, A249
  22. 22 : km 8.15 - alt. 62 m - Turn right onto Sittingbourne Road
  23. 23 : km 8.16 - alt. 62 m - Turn right onto Bearsted Road, A249
  24. 24 : km 8.17 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 8.23 - alt. 61 m - Turn right onto Bearsted Road, A249
  26. 26 : km 8.35 - alt. 64 m - Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit
  27. 27 : km 8.68 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 8.85 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right onto New Cut Road
  29. 29 : km 9.09 - alt. 64 m - Enter the roundabout and take the UNKNOWN exit onto New Cut Road
  30. 30 : km 9.23 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Provender Way
  31. 31 : km 9.62 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Blacksmith Drive
  32. 32 : km 9.64 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Provender Way
  33. S/E : km 9.72 - alt. 55 m

Useful Information

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