Hambrook / Frenchay - Undulating

Technical sheet

n°54339526
Creation
Last update
–
  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.56 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 60 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 56 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 75 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 27 m
Downloads
Open in the mobile app
Download GPX GPX
Download PDF PDF

Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 64 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.27 - alt. 64 m - Keep left
  3. 3 : km 0.38 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Harry Stoke Road
  4. 4 : km 0.62 - alt. 61 m - Keep right onto Harry Stoke Road
  5. 5 : km 1.11 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Hambrook Lane
  6. 6 : km 2.71 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Old Gloucester Road
  7. 7 : km 3.46 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 3.47 - alt. 44 m - Keep left
  9. 9 : km 3.51 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Ring Road Path
  10. 10 : km 3.52 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto B4058
  11. 11 : km 3.56 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 3.57 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 3.62 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight left onto Beckspool Road
  14. 14 : km 5.1 - alt. 51 m - Turn slight right onto Overndale Road, A4017
  15. 15 : km 5.67 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight right onto Overndale Road, A4017
  16. 16 : km 5.68 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight right onto Frenchay Road
  17. 17 : km 6.42 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Pearces Hill
  18. 18 : km 6.84 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Begbrook Park
  19. 19 : km 7.06 - alt. 46 m - Keep right onto Begbrook Park
  20. 20 : km 7.25 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Frenchay Park Road, B4058
  21. 21 : km 8.24 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Stoke Lane
  22. 22 : km 9.16 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Stoke Lane
  23. 23 : km 9.37 - alt. 66 m - Keep right onto Stoke Lane
  24. 24 : km 9.39 - alt. 66 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Coldharbour Lane
  25. 25 : km 9.76 - alt. 61 m - Keep left onto Coldharbour Lane
  26. 26 : km 9.86 - alt. 61 m - Keep right onto Coldharbour Lane
  27. 27 : km 9.93 - alt. 61 m - Keep left onto Coldharbour Lane
  28. 28 : km 9.95 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 10.01 - alt. 61 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 10.29 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Filton Lane
  31. 31 : km 10.47 - alt. 67 m - Keep right
  32. 32 : km 10.55 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  33. S/E : km 10.56 - alt. 64 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Barn Wood

Walker
↔2.97 km ↗+51 m ↘-51 m ◔1h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Contoured walk with a focus on 18th century historic features in semi-ancient woodland.

Walking Stoke Park

Walker
↔2.77 km ↗+47 m ↘-47 m ◔0h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Hilly, with extensive views over and beyond the park landscape, mainly on open land.

Walking Rhododendron

Walker
↔3.93 km ↗+88 m ↘-95 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Passing by Goram’s Chair, Tarn Lake, Beech Cathedral, Lily Pond, Rhododendron Walk, Rustic Lodge, Woodman’s Cottage.

Walking Royals and St Mary’s Church

Walker
↔2.46 km ↗+30 m ↘-33 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to 1093, with various rebuilding over the years until an extensive refurbishment in 1878. Look out for two notable graves; an obelisk memorial to the Egyptologist Amelia Edwards and coloured head and foot stones of ‘Scipio Africanus’, a negro slave.

Walking Gorge

Walker
↔1.80 km ↗+37 m ↘-35 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

The gorge is at its deepest below Lover’s Leap. You can see massive cliffs of steeply tilted white Carboniferous Limestone. It is difficult to see exactly how the Gorge was formed. It would have been directly influenced by the most recent Ice Age up to 100,000 years ago.

Walking Castle

Walker
↔1.24 km ↗+30 m ↘-30 m ◔0h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Built in 1795 for John Scandret Harford by William Paty. A solid, simple design placed on a rise so as to appear bigger. Harford was responsible for commissioning landscape architect Humphrey Repton and thereafter, architect John Nash who designed the Orangery, Dairy and nearby Blaise Hamlet. More ornate additions representing a Greek classical influence were made to both the exterior and interior of the house from 1832-3 by C R Cockerell on instruction from J S Harford Jnr.

Walking Kings Weston Down

Walker
↔4.80 km ↗+58 m ↘-56 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Walk passing by Iron Age Hill Fort, Echo Gate, Arbutus walk, Kingsweston Down and wildflower meadows.

Walking Durdham Down

Walker
↔3.58 km ↗+47 m ↘-47 m ◔1h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

It is 150 years since The Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol) Act, 1861 secured the Downs as a place of recreation for us all – forever. This trail and a second trail exploring the Promenade and Observatory Hill celebrate this anniversary and explore the rich and fascinating history of the Downs.

For more walks, use our search engine.

The GPS track and description are the property of the author.

Loading…