Templecombe To Buckhorn

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.92 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 49 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 49 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 106 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m
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Description

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(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. 106 m - Start on Hillcrest Road
  2. 2 : km 0.15 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto West Street
  3. 3 : km 0.44 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto High Street, A357
  4. 4 : km 0.57 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto East Street
  5. 5 : km 0.58 - alt. 85 m - Turn slight right onto East Street
  6. 6 : km 3.48 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight right onto Temple Lane
  7. 7 : km 3.84 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 3.85 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Temple Lane
  9. 9 : km 4.03 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight left onto Gigg Lane
  10. 10 : km 4.17 - alt. 59 m - Turn sharp left
  11. 11 : km 4.19 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Gigg Lane
  12. 12 : km 6.66 - alt. 68 m - Keep left onto Templecombe Lane
  13. 13 : km 8.58 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 8.62 - alt. 59 m - Turn sharp right onto Gigg Lane
  15. 15 : km 8.76 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight right onto Gigg Lane
  16. 16 : km 9.29 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight left onto Temple Lane
  17. 17 : km 11.72 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 11.75 - alt. 68 m - Turn right onto East Street
  19. 19 : km 12.33 - alt. 85 m - Turn slight left onto East Street
  20. 20 : km 12.34 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto High Street, A357
  21. 21 : km 12.48 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Vine Street
  22. 22 : km 12.59 - alt. 96 m - Continue onto West Street
  23. 23 : km 12.77 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Hillcrest Road
  24. S/E : km 12.92 - alt. 106 m

Useful Information

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