Route 2 7.7 Mile

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 12.41 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 92 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 88 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 96 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 35 m
  • ⚐
    District: Yeovil 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.94127° / W 2.64969°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 44 m - Start near 8 Westbourne Cl, Yeovil BA20 2DD, UK
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.5 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto West St
  4. 4 : km 0.83 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto W Hendford
  5. 5 : km 0.84 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Horsey Ln
  6. 6 : km 1.02 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Lysander Rd/A3088
  7. 7 : km 1.06 - alt. 36 m - At Horsey Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Hendford Hill/A30
  8. 8 : km 3.18 - alt. 87 m - Slight right to stay on W Coker Rd/A30
  9. 9 : km 3.2 - alt. 86 m - At Bunford Hollow Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Watercombe Ln/A3088
  10. 10 : km 4.24 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Plantagenet Chase
  11. 11 : km 4.43 - alt. 58 m - Slight right to stay on Plantagenet Chase
  12. 12 : km 4.95 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Old Barn Way
  13. 13 : km 5.47 - alt. 74 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 5.82 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Beechwood
  15. 15 : km 5.91 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Rowan Way
  16. 16 : km 6.03 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Pine Tree Ave
  17. 17 : km 6.17 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Lysander Rd/A3088
  18. 18 : km 6.91 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Gazelle Rd
  19. 19 : km 7.25 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Watercombe Park
  20. 20 : km 7.57 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Watercombe Ln
  21. 21 : km 7.65 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Brympton Way
  22. 22 : km 8.12 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Watercombe Ln
  23. 23 : km 8.2 - alt. 49 m - At Lysander Rd Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A3088
  24. 24 : km 8.99 - alt. 54 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Bunford Ln
  25. 25 : km 9.33 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 9.8 - alt. 64 m - Turn left onto Bell Chase
  27. 27 : km 9.83 - alt. 63 m - Slight left
  28. 28 : km 9.87 - alt. 61 m - Turn right toward Bell Chase
  29. 29 : km 10.14 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto Bell Chase
  30. 30 : km 10.24 - alt. 54 m - Turn right onto Preston Rd
  31. 31 : km 10.69 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Preston Grove
  32. 32 : km 11.12 - alt. 49 m - Turn right onto Westbourne Grove
  33. 33 : km 11.72 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Watercombe Ln
  34. 34 : km 11.8 - alt. 51 m - Slight left to stay on Watercombe Ln
  35. 35 : km 11.82 - alt. 51 m - Slight left onto Century Park
  36. 36 : km 12.02 - alt. 48 m - Slight right
  37. 37 : km 12.39 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 12.4 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  39. S/E : km 12.41 - alt. 44 m

Useful Information

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