5 Mile Loop
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 8.69 km
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Average duration: 2h 40
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 60 m
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Vertical drop: - 64 m
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Highest point: 142 m
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Lowest point: 93 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Tameside
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Start/End: N 53.479328° / W 2.076902°
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 107 m - Start on Jubilee Avenue
- 2 : km 0.14 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Park Road, B6445
- 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Sandy Lane, B6431
- 4 : km 0.87 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Stamford Street, A635
- 5 : km 0.95 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Reyner Street
- 6 : km 0.95 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Stamford Square, A635
- 7 : km 1.07 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto Beaufort Road
- 8 : km 1.76 - alt. 124 m - Turn left onto Penny Meadow
- 9 : km 1.87 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight left onto Penny Meadow, A670
- 10 : km 1.99 - alt. 118 m - Keep right onto Albion Way, A6043
- 11 : km 2.48 - alt. 109 m - Keep left onto Albion Way, A6043
- 12 : km 2.52 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Wellington Road, A6043
- 13 : km 2.72 - alt. 107 m - Keep left onto Wellington Road, A6043
- 14 : km 2.77 - alt. 108 m - Keep left onto Oldham Road, A6043
- 15 : km 3.2 - alt. 106 m - Keep right onto Oldham Road, A627
- 16 : km 3.35 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
- 17 : km 3.36 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Oldham Road, A627
- 18 : km 3.37 - alt. 103 m - Turn slight left onto Oldham Road, A627
- 19 : km 3.83 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Wharf Street
- 20 : km 4.08 - alt. 103 m - Turn sharp right onto Crescent Road, B6170
- 21 : km 4.3 - alt. 122 m - Continue onto Crescent Road, B6170
- 22 : km 4.68 - alt. 142 m - Turn sharp right onto Chapel Street
- 23 : km 4.69 - alt. 142 m - Turn slight right onto B6170
- 24 : km 4.71 - alt. 142 m - Keep left onto B6170
- 25 : km 5.02 - alt. 135 m - Keep left onto Birch Lane, B6170
- 26 : km 5.16 - alt. 133 m - Turn left onto Oxford Road, B6175
- 27 : km 5.91 - alt. 114 m - Turn right onto Buckley Street
- 28 : km 5.91 - alt. 114 m - Turn right onto High Street, B6175
- 29 : km 6.27 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Rayners Close
- 30 : km 6.28 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto High Street, B6175
- 31 : km 6.54 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp right onto Caroline Street, B6175
- 32 : km 6.82 - alt. 106 m - Keep left onto Shepley Street, B6175
- 33 : km 6.9 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Market Street, B6176
- 34 : km 7.3 - alt. 124 m - Continue onto Rassbottom Street, B6176
- 35 : km 7.35 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight left onto Stamford Street, A635
- 36 : km 7.81 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Clarence Street, B6431
- 37 : km 8.46 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Park Road, B6445
- 38 : km 8.55 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Jubilee Avenue
- S/E : km 8.69 - alt. 106 m
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Swineshaw Reservoirs & Wild Bank Hill
A longer walk featuring a scenic valley and a stiff climb to a fine moorland viewpoint.
Wild Bank Hill
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Harrop Edge
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Back o’ th’ Hill
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Werneth Low
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Haughton Dale
Canal towpath and riverside walking in a wildlife-rich rural oasis, including a local nature reserve.
Cown Edge from Broadbottom
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