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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 27.69 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 8h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 127 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 131 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 95 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 38 m
  • ⚐
    District: Shefford 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.03474° / W 0.337974°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 42 m - Continue onto Mallard Close
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Mallard Close
  3. 3 : km 0.13 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto George Street
  4. 4 : km 0.23 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left onto George Street
  5. 5 : km 0.33 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Bloomfield Drive
  6. 6 : km 0.5 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Ampthill Road
  7. 7 : km 0.88 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 0.91 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right onto Campton Road
  9. 9 : km 0.97 - alt. 41 m - Continue onto Campton Road
  10. 10 : km 1.05 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 1.26 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Greenway
  12. 12 : km 2.13 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Gravenhurst Road
  13. 13 : km 4.54 - alt. 77 m - Keep left onto Campton Road
  14. 14 : km 4.81 - alt. 67 m - Keep right onto High Street
  15. 15 : km 4.83 - alt. 67 m - Turn slight right onto High Street
  16. 16 : km 5.13 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight left onto High Street
  17. 17 : km 5.22 - alt. 67 m - Keep right onto High Street
  18. 18 : km 5.24 - alt. 69 m - Turn slight right onto Clophill Road
  19. 19 : km 5.44 - alt. 82 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 8.18 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto High Street
  21. 21 : km 8.33 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Ampthill Road
  22. 22 : km 8.87 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Silsoe Road
  23. 23 : km 8.89 - alt. 69 m - Turn sharp left onto Ampthill Road
  24. 24 : km 9.04 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight left onto Ampthill Road
  25. 25 : km 9.73 - alt. 59 m - Turn slight left onto Ampthill Road
  26. 26 : km 9.74 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 9.82 - alt. 59 m - Turn sharp left onto Ampthill Road
  28. 28 : km 10.37 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp left
  29. 29 : km 11.23 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right onto High Street
  30. 30 : km 11.82 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Sand Road
  31. 31 : km 13.34 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Barton Road
  32. 32 : km 13.93 - alt. 79 m - Keep right onto Barton Road
  33. 33 : km 14.69 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Sand Lane
  34. 34 : km 15.56 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Bedford Road, A6
  35. 35 : km 15.94 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 16.07 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp left
  37. 37 : km 18.64 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 20.08 - alt. 50 m - Keep left
  39. 39 : km 20.11 - alt. 51 m - Turn slight left onto Hanscombe End Road
  40. 40 : km 20.35 - alt. 52 m - Turn slight left onto Hanscombe End Road
  41. 41 : km 20.76 - alt. 48 m - Turn slight right onto Hanscombe End Road
  42. 42 : km 20.93 - alt. 48 m - Turn sharp right onto Brookside
  43. 43 : km 20.99 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Hanscombe End Road
  44. 44 : km 21.02 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Bury Road
  45. 45 : km 22.05 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 22.06 - alt. 61 m - Turn right onto Upton End Road
  47. 47 : km 22.74 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Meppershall Road
  48. 48 : km 26.87 - alt. 47 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Shefford Road
  49. 49 : km 26.95 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight left onto Shefford Road
  50. 50 : km 27.1 - alt. 42 m - Keep left onto Churchill Way
  51. 51 : km 27.17 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Spitfire Road
  52. 52 : km 27.24 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Churchill Way
  53. 53 : km 27.51 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Kingfisher Road
  54. 54 : km 27.61 - alt. 39 m - Keep right onto Kingfisher Road
  55. S/E : km 27.69 - alt. 41 m

Useful Information

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