8 Mile - Manvers/Bolton/Swinton/Wath

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.90 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 84 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 78 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 96 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 15 m
  • ⚐
    District: Rotherham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.510402° / W 1.35782°
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Description

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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. 24 m - Continue
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 24 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Manvers Way, A633
  3. 3 : km 0.54 - alt. 22 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Manvers Way, A633
  4. 4 : km 1.55 - alt. 19 m - Enter roundabout
  5. 5 : km 2.98 - alt. 26 m - Continue onto Dearne Road
  6. 6 : km 3.04 - alt. 29 m - Turn slight right onto Wath Road
  7. 7 : km 3.72 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Angel Street, B6098
  8. 8 : km 3.99 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Watermead
  9. 9 : km 4.03 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Mexborough Road, B6098
  10. 10 : km 4.07 - alt. 18 m - Keep left onto Mexborough Road, B6098
  11. 11 : km 4.96 - alt. 17 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bolton Road, B6098
  12. 12 : km 5.7 - alt. 20 m - Keep left onto Bolton Road, B6098
  13. 13 : km 5.74 - alt. 20 m - At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Golden Smithies Lane
  14. 14 : km 6.03 - alt. 26 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Golden Smithies Lane
  15. 15 : km 7.51 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Church Street, A6022
  16. 16 : km 7.62 - alt. 68 m - Turn right onto Racecourse Road
  17. 17 : km 8.44 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Wath Wood Road, A633
  18. 18 : km 9.41 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Festival Road
  19. 19 : km 10.12 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Cemetery Road
  20. 20 : km 10.54 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Saville Road
  21. 21 : km 10.56 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Cemetery Road
  22. 22 : km 10.63 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight left onto Church Street
  23. 23 : km 10.75 - alt. 30 m - Turn slight right onto Church Street
  24. 24 : km 10.84 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Barnsley Road, B6097
  25. 25 : km 11.13 - alt. 32 m - Turn slight right onto Barnsley Road
  26. 26 : km 11.41 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Shakespeare Road
  27. 27 : km 11.43 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Barnsley Road
  28. 28 : km 11.84 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Tennyson Rise
  29. 29 : km 11.87 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Barnsley Road
  30. 30 : km 12.38 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Pontefract Road, B6273
  31. 31 : km 12.87 - alt. 23 m - Keep right onto B6273
  32. 32 : km 12.89 - alt. 23 m - Keep left onto Pontefract Road, B6273
  33. 33 : km 12.91 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp right onto A633
  34. 34 : km 13.37 - alt. 25 m - Enter roundabout
  35. 35 : km 13.82 - alt. 24 m - Enter roundabout
  36. S/E : km 13.9 - alt. 24 m

Useful Information

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