Totternhoe / Woodside / Busway

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 11.98 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 31 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 27 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 166 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 128 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. 155 m - Start on Badgers Gate
  2. 2 : km 0.19 - alt. 159 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.43 - alt. 158 m - Turn left onto Lancot Drive
  4. 4 : km 0.45 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.56 - alt. 157 m - Turn left onto Spinney Crescent
  6. 6 : km 0.72 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Drovers Way
  7. 7 : km 0.79 - alt. 156 m - Turn right onto Westfield Road
  8. 8 : km 1.05 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Ashcroft
  9. 9 : km 1.07 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Westfield Road
  10. 10 : km 1.66 - alt. 142 m - Turn slight right
  11. 11 : km 1.76 - alt. 141 m - Turn left onto High Street North, A505
  12. 12 : km 1.88 - alt. 138 m - Turn sharp right
  13. 13 : km 2.31 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 2.36 - alt. 143 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 3.02 - alt. 139 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 3.24 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Boscombe Rd/A5505
  17. 17 : km 3.3 - alt. 144 m - Turn right to stay on Boscombe Rd/A5505
  18. 18 : km 3.32 - alt. 145 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Eyncourt Rd
  19. 19 : km 3.79 - alt. 143 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Lovett Way
  20. 20 : km 4.03 - alt. 135 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Porz Ave/A5505
  21. 21 : km 4.48 - alt. 133 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Poynters Rd
  22. 22 : km 5.06 - alt. 129 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 5.09 - alt. 129 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 5.15 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Poynters Road
  25. 25 : km 6.14 - alt. 137 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 6.16 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight right
  27. 27 : km 6.21 - alt. 138 m - Keep left
  28. 28 : km 6.23 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Poynters Road
  29. 29 : km 6.27 - alt. 138 m - Keep right onto Poynters Road
  30. 30 : km 6.3 - alt. 139 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Skimpot Road, A5065
  31. 31 : km 6.41 - alt. 142 m - Keep left onto Skimpot Road, A5065
  32. 32 : km 6.7 - alt. 151 m - Keep right onto Skimpot Road, A5065
  33. 33 : km 6.73 - alt. 155 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  34. 34 : km 6.8 - alt. 154 m - Keep right
  35. 35 : km 6.84 - alt. 152 m - Turn sharp right
  36. 36 : km 6.89 - alt. 152 m - Turn sharp left
  37. 37 : km 6.93 - alt. 154 m - Turn sharp right
  38. 38 : km 6.95 - alt. 153 m - Keep right
  39. 39 : km 7.95 - alt. 154 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 7.96 - alt. 154 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 8.45 - alt. 146 m - Keep right
  42. 42 : km 8.89 - alt. 145 m - Turn sharp left onto Station Road
  43. 43 : km 8.9 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Englands Lane
  44. 44 : km 9.4 - alt. 147 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 9.51 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto High Street South, A5183
  46. 46 : km 9.58 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Friars Walk
  47. 47 : km 9.89 - alt. 149 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bull Pond Ln
  48. 48 : km 10.31 - alt. 153 m - Turn right onto Canesworde Rd
  49. 49 : km 10.32 - alt. 153 m - Turn left at Bennetts Cl
  50. 50 : km 10.79 - alt. 162 m - Turn right onto Meadway
  51. 51 : km 11.19 - alt. 162 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto West St/B489
  52. 52 : km 11.29 - alt. 164 m - Slight right to stay on West St/B489
  53. S/E : km 11.98 - alt. 155 m

Useful Information

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