Ancient Forest Of Arden Walk - Alternatives

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 84.12 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 25h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 587 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 578 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 165 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 70 m
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Description

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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. 115 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 1.26 - alt. 98 m - Turn slight right
  3. 3 : km 1.35 - alt. 100 m - Turn slight right
  4. 4 : km 1.44 - alt. 101 m - Keep left
  5. 5 : km 1.71 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 1.84 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 2.72 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Damson Parkway
  8. 8 : km 2.73 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.74 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp left
  10. 10 : km 2.96 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 4.84 - alt. 114 m - Turn slight right
  12. 12 : km 4.85 - alt. 114 m - Turn slight left
  13. 13 : km 4.95 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto St Peters Lane
  14. 14 : km 5.23 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 6.72 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Shadowbrook Lane
  16. 16 : km 6.94 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 7.35 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto High Street, B4102
  18. 18 : km 7.6 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 7.69 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Fentham Road
  20. 20 : km 7.7 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 7.95 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Peel Close
  22. 22 : km 8.05 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Marsh Lane
  23. 23 : km 8.13 - alt. 103 m - Turn sharp left
  24. 24 : km 9.04 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 9.2 - alt. 88 m - Turn sharp left
  26. 26 : km 10.11 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Marsh House Farm Lane
  27. 27 : km 10.35 - alt. 91 m - Keep right onto Marsh House Farm Lane
  28. 28 : km 10.37 - alt. 91 m - Turn sharp left
  29. 29 : km 10.86 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp left onto Bradnocks Marsh Lane
  30. 30 : km 10.88 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 11.69 - alt. 97 m - Turn sharp left
  32. 32 : km 11.7 - alt. 97 m - Turn right onto Wootton Lane
  33. 33 : km 11.76 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 12.21 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 13.42 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Balsall Street, B4101
  36. 36 : km 13.56 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 13.58 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 13.65 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Magpie Lane
  39. 39 : km 13.71 - alt. 108 m - Keep right
  40. 40 : km 13.92 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Magpie Lane
  41. 41 : km 14 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 14.83 - alt. 109 m - Keep left
  43. 43 : km 15.6 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Fen End Road West
  44. 44 : km 15.64 - alt. 116 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 16.4 - alt. 112 m - Turn slight left
  46. 46 : km 17.11 - alt. 120 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 17.38 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  48. 48 : km 17.7 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp right onto Oldwich Lane East
  49. 49 : km 17.74 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 19.26 - alt. 114 m - Keep right
  51. 51 : km 19.77 - alt. 118 m - Keep right onto Wheeler Close
  52. 52 : km 19.83 - alt. 118 m - Turn sharp right
  53. 53 : km 19.93 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Warwick Road, A4141
  54. 54 : km 19.93 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 20.6 - alt. 125 m - Turn right onto Rising Lane
  56. 56 : km 20.64 - alt. 124 m - Keep left
  57. 57 : km 20.93 - alt. 126 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 21.5 - alt. 112 m - Turn slight left
  59. 59 : km 21.72 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  60. 60 : km 22.08 - alt. 126 m - Turn sharp right
  61. 61 : km 22.42 - alt. 120 m - Keep left
  62. 62 : km 23.27 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Rowington Green
  63. 63 : km 23.76 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  64. 64 : km 24.96 - alt. 113 m - Turn slight right
  65. 65 : km 25 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Old Warwick Road, B4439
  66. 66 : km 25.02 - alt. 114 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 25.25 - alt. 109 m - Turn sharp right
  68. 68 : km 26.54 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  69. 69 : km 27.42 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  70. 70 : km 27.56 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  71. 71 : km 27.57 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight right
  72. 72 : km 27.82 - alt. 90 m - Keep right
  73. 73 : km 28.09 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Narrow Lane
  74. 74 : km 28.14 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
  75. 75 : km 28.88 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight right
  76. 76 : km 29.46 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  77. 77 : km 29.95 - alt. 115 m - Turn sharp right
  78. 78 : km 30.51 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Buttermilk Lane
  79. 79 : km 30.57 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  80. 80 : km 30.72 - alt. 120 m - Keep left
  81. 81 : km 30.9 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Yarningale Lane
  82. 82 : km 30.92 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp right onto Ossetts Hole Lane
  83. 83 : km 30.96 - alt. 107 m - Turn left
  84. 84 : km 31.08 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
  85. 85 : km 31.23 - alt. 97 m - Turn slight left onto Ossetts Hole Lane
  86. 86 : km 31.24 - alt. 97 m - Turn sharp left
  87. 87 : km 31.86 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Henley Road, A4189
  88. 88 : km 31.86 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Kington Lane
  89. 89 : km 31.88 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  90. 90 : km 32.6 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  91. 91 : km 32.61 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  92. 92 : km 32.63 - alt. 127 m - Turn left
  93. 93 : km 33.03 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Oakdene Close
  94. 94 : km 33.04 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  95. 95 : km 33.35 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto St Michael's Close
  96. 96 : km 33.39 - alt. 128 m - Turn right
  97. 97 : km 33.5 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Church Road
  98. 98 : km 33.64 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  99. 99 : km 34.15 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Langley Road
  100. 100 : km 34.2 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  101. 101 : km 35.02 - alt. 120 m - Turn left onto Langley Road
  102. 102 : km 35.19 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  103. 103 : km 35.5 - alt. 94 m - Keep right
  104. 104 : km 36.76 - alt. 82 m - Turn right
  105. 105 : km 36.85 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  106. 106 : km 37.41 - alt. 115 m - Keep right
  107. 107 : km 38.84 - alt. 72 m - Turn right
  108. 108 : km 39.3 - alt. 71 m - Turn slight right
  109. 109 : km 41.13 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  110. 110 : km 41.26 - alt. 75 m - Keep left
  111. 111 : km 41.76 - alt. 75 m - Turn slight right
  112. 112 : km 42.29 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  113. 113 : km 42.3 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  114. 114 : km 43.02 - alt. 96 m - Keep left
  115. 115 : km 43.9 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Edge Lane
  116. 116 : km 43.92 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  117. 117 : km 44.19 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp right
  118. 118 : km 44.37 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp left
  119. 119 : km 44.7 - alt. 73 m - Turn sharp right
  120. 120 : km 44.7 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  121. 121 : km 44.75 - alt. 77 m - Turn left
  122. 122 : km 44.84 - alt. 72 m - Turn left
  123. 123 : km 44.85 - alt. 72 m - Turn right onto Beaudesert Lane
  124. 124 : km 45.02 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto High Street, A3400
  125. 125 : km 45.07 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  126. 126 : km 45.12 - alt. 74 m - Turn right
  127. 127 : km 45.14 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  128. 128 : km 45.33 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto Station Road
  129. 129 : km 45.34 - alt. 86 m - Turn right
  130. 130 : km 45.52 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  131. 131 : km 45.63 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
  132. 132 : km 47.26 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp right
  133. 133 : km 48.46 - alt. 96 m - Turn slight left
  134. 134 : km 49.94 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  135. 135 : km 50.74 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  136. 136 : km 50.84 - alt. 83 m - Keep left
  137. 137 : km 50.89 - alt. 82 m - Turn left
  138. 138 : km 51.03 - alt. 80 m - Keep right
  139. 139 : km 52.65 - alt. 79 m - Turn sharp left
  140. 140 : km 52.67 - alt. 79 m - Keep right
  141. 141 : km 53.23 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Hardwick Lane
  142. 142 : km 53.24 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  143. 143 : km 53.81 - alt. 100 m - Keep left
  144. 144 : km 54.24 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight left
  145. 145 : km 54.75 - alt. 98 m - Turn sharp right onto Haye Lane
  146. 146 : km 55.25 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Henley Road, A4189
  147. 147 : km 55.81 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  148. 148 : km 55.86 - alt. 106 m - Keep left
  149. 149 : km 57.88 - alt. 165 m - Turn right onto Gorcott Hill
  150. 150 : km 57.93 - alt. 165 m - Keep right
  151. 151 : km 58.3 - alt. 157 m - Turn left
  152. 152 : km 59.44 - alt. 146 m - Turn left
  153. 153 : km 59.56 - alt. 152 m - Turn right
  154. 154 : km 59.77 - alt. 160 m - Turn right
  155. 155 : km 60.53 - alt. 143 m - Turn slight right onto Bates Lane
  156. 156 : km 60.75 - alt. 151 m - Turn slight right onto Bates Lane
  157. 157 : km 61.11 - alt. 154 m - Turn right onto The Green
  158. 158 : km 61.18 - alt. 155 m - Keep left onto The Green
  159. 159 : km 61.27 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Well Lane
  160. 160 : km 61.29 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Danzey Green Lane
  161. 161 : km 61.31 - alt. 155 m - Turn left
  162. 162 : km 61.59 - alt. 136 m - Turn right onto Butts Lane
  163. 163 : km 61.63 - alt. 134 m - Turn left
  164. 164 : km 62.61 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  165. 165 : km 63.97 - alt. 144 m - Turn right onto Umberslade Road
  166. 166 : km 64.07 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Kemps Green Road
  167. 167 : km 64.41 - alt. 137 m - Keep left onto Kemps Green Road
  168. 168 : km 64.78 - alt. 139 m - Keep right onto Kemps Green Road
  169. 169 : km 64.81 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight right onto Nuthurst Road
  170. 170 : km 65.46 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  171. 171 : km 65.61 - alt. 130 m - Turn slight left
  172. 172 : km 65.7 - alt. 131 m - Turn left
  173. 173 : km 67.18 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  174. 174 : km 67.2 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  175. 175 : km 67.28 - alt. 110 m - Turn right
  176. 176 : km 67.36 - alt. 116 m - Keep right
  177. 177 : km 67.43 - alt. 119 m - Turn slight right
  178. 178 : km 67.67 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Church Lane
  179. 179 : km 67.77 - alt. 131 m - Turn left
  180. 180 : km 68.16 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  181. 181 : km 68.17 - alt. 123 m - Turn left
  182. 182 : km 68.95 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto Old Warwick Road, B4439
  183. 183 : km 69.21 - alt. 136 m - Turn right
  184. 184 : km 69.45 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  185. 185 : km 69.56 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
  186. 186 : km 69.72 - alt. 127 m - Turn left
  187. 187 : km 70.68 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Aylesbury Road, B4101
  188. 188 : km 70.86 - alt. 140 m - Turn sharp right
  189. 189 : km 70.89 - alt. 140 m - Keep right
  190. 190 : km 71.59 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight right
  191. 191 : km 71.68 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight right
  192. 192 : km 71.92 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  193. 193 : km 72.09 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  194. 194 : km 73.15 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Arden Drive
  195. 195 : km 73.24 - alt. 125 m - Turn right onto Arden Road
  196. 196 : km 73.46 - alt. 120 m - Turn left onto Grange Road, B4101
  197. 197 : km 73.49 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp right onto Manor Road
  198. 198 : km 73.85 - alt. 129 m - Turn right onto Manor Road
  199. 199 : km 74.01 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Woodstock Crescent
  200. 200 : km 74.02 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Manor Road
  201. 201 : km 74.04 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  202. 202 : km 74.62 - alt. 128 m - Turn sharp left onto Four Ashes Road
  203. 203 : km 75.22 - alt. 133 m - Keep right
  204. 204 : km 75.74 - alt. 129 m - Turn sharp right
  205. 205 : km 76.07 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Smiths Lane
  206. 206 : km 76.12 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  207. 207 : km 76.75 - alt. 114 m - Turn sharp right
  208. 208 : km 78.36 - alt. 111 m - Keep right
  209. 209 : km 78.42 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Warwick Road
  210. 210 : km 78.6 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
  211. 211 : km 79.4 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight right
  212. 212 : km 79.52 - alt. 128 m - Keep left onto New Road
  213. 213 : km 79.69 - alt. 131 m - Turn right onto High Street
  214. 214 : km 80.01 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Station Road
  215. 215 : km 80.13 - alt. 129 m - Turn left
  216. 216 : km 80.34 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Princes Way
  217. 217 : km 80.35 - alt. 128 m - Keep left
  218. 218 : km 80.44 - alt. 128 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lode Lane, B4102
  219. 219 : km 80.48 - alt. 128 m - Turn left
  220. 220 : km 80.55 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  221. 221 : km 81.83 - alt. 131 m - Turn left onto Warwick Road, A41
  222. 222 : km 82.19 - alt. 133 m - Turn right onto Heaton Road
  223. 223 : km 82.78 - alt. 129 m - Turn right onto Dovehouse Lane
  224. 224 : km 83.82 - alt. 116 m - Turn left
  225. S/E : km 84.12 - alt. 115 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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