Blaise 5 Miles

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.30 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 76 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 78 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 74 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 10 m
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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.

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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. 63 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.14 - alt. 58 m - Keep right
  3. 3 : km 0.39 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Woodgrove Road
  4. 4 : km 0.42 - alt. 52 m - Turn left onto Kings Weston Road, B4057
  5. 5 : km 0.42 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.43 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Kings Weston Road, B4057
  7. 7 : km 0.57 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.6 - alt. 54 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 0.71 - alt. 51 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 0.88 - alt. 51 m - Turn sharp right onto Main Drive
  11. 11 : km 1.01 - alt. 43 m - Turn slight right onto Main Drive
  12. 12 : km 1.31 - alt. 32 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 1.95 - alt. 26 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 2.69 - alt. 10 m - Turn sharp left onto The Dingle
  15. 15 : km 2.73 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight left onto The Dingle
  16. 16 : km 2.86 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Canford Lane, A4162
  17. 17 : km 3.71 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Canford Lane
  18. 18 : km 3.82 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 3.94 - alt. 22 m - Keep left
  20. 20 : km 4.26 - alt. 56 m - Turn slight left onto Henbury Road, B4055
  21. 21 : km 4.51 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp right onto Main Drive
  22. 22 : km 4.92 - alt. 71 m - Keep right onto Main Drive
  23. 23 : km 5.16 - alt. 54 m - Keep left onto Main Drive
  24. 24 : km 5.45 - alt. 32 m - Keep right
  25. 25 : km 5.5 - alt. 33 m - Keep right
  26. 26 : km 5.99 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp right
  27. 27 : km 6.03 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right
  28. 28 : km 6.16 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Rectory Gardens
  29. 29 : km 6.21 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Henbury Road, B4055
  30. 30 : km 6.22 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Crow Lane
  31. 31 : km 6.35 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 6.6 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 6.81 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Station Road, B4055
  34. 34 : km 6.92 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Avonmouth Way, B4057
  35. 35 : km 7.2 - alt. 40 m - Keep left onto Hallen Road, B4057
  36. 36 : km 7.23 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight left onto Hallen Road, B4057
  37. 37 : km 7.3 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Hallen Close
  38. 38 : km 7.3 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Hallen Road, B4057
  39. 39 : km 7.47 - alt. 49 m - Keep right onto Hallen Road, B4057
  40. 40 : km 7.88 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Woodgrove Road
  41. 41 : km 7.91 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 8.16 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight left
  43. S/E : km 8.3 - alt. 63 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.

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Walking Kings Weston Down

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↔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 Castle

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↔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 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 Royals and St Mary’s Church

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↔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 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 Blaise Castle Steep via Henbury Golf Course

Walker
↔4.01 km ↗+76 m ↘-75 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

A moderate walk suitable for a family with older children but unsuitable for wheels. Takes you through quieter parts of the Blaise estate and Henbury gold course.

Walking Pill, Circular - Watchhouse Hill

Walker
↔5.59 km ↗+54 m ↘-55 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Pill and Easton-in-Gordano (North Somerset)

This is a circular walk from Pill.

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.

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