7 Hills Of Edinburgh

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 25.53 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 727 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 722 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 243 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 28 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.942162° / W 3.178105°
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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. 75 m - Start on Hermits Croft
  2. 2 : km 0.21 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight right
  4. 4 : km 0.24 - alt. 79 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.48 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Holyrood Park Road
  6. 6 : km 0.52 - alt. 77 m - Keep right onto Queens Drive
  7. 7 : km 0.55 - alt. 77 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Queens Drive
  8. 8 : km 0.58 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 0.58 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight right
  10. 10 : km 0.71 - alt. 86 m - Keep left
  11. 11 : km 0.8 - alt. 104 m - Turn slight left
  12. 12 : km 0.99 - alt. 158 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 1.07 - alt. 176 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 1.14 - alt. 192 m - Turn sharp right
  15. 15 : km 1.16 - alt. 199 m - Turn sharp left
  16. 16 : km 1.36 - alt. 227 m - Keep left
  17. 17 : km 1.4 - alt. 233 m - Turn sharp left
  18. 18 : km 1.41 - alt. 238 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 1.44 - alt. 243 m - Turn right onto Piper's Walk
  20. 20 : km 1.48 - alt. 234 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 1.65 - alt. 192 m - Turn left onto Piper's Walk
  22. 22 : km 2.35 - alt. 55 m - Keep left onto The Dasses
  23. 23 : km 2.44 - alt. 51 m - Turn slight left
  24. 24 : km 2.45 - alt. 50 m - Keep left
  25. 25 : km 2.53 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight right onto Volunteer's Walk
  26. 26 : km 2.8 - alt. 35 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 2.83 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 2.83 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Queen's Drive
  29. 29 : km 2.92 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 2.93 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 2.95 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 2.96 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Queen's Drive
  33. 33 : km 3.25 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Abbeyhill
  34. 34 : km 3.29 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Calton Road
  35. 35 : km 3.39 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 3.48 - alt. 52 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 3.56 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Regent Road, A1
  38. 38 : km 3.89 - alt. 73 m - Turn sharp right
  39. 39 : km 4.39 - alt. 100 m - Turn sharp right
  40. 40 : km 4.44 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 4.5 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 4.5 - alt. 95 m - Turn right
  43. 43 : km 4.51 - alt. 92 m - Turn slight right
  44. 44 : km 4.6 - alt. 80 m - Turn left onto Hume Walk
  45. 45 : km 4.63 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Regent Road, A1
  46. 46 : km 4.86 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Princes Street
  47. 47 : km 4.97 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 4.98 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 4.99 - alt. 62 m - Turn slight left
  50. 50 : km 4.99 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
  51. 51 : km 5.19 - alt. 54 m - Turn right onto North Ramp
  52. 52 : km 5.19 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Waverley Bridge
  53. 53 : km 5.31 - alt. 58 m - Turn right onto Market Street
  54. 54 : km 5.68 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Ramsay Garden
  55. 55 : km 5.68 - alt. 92 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 5.69 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 5.77 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Castlehill
  58. 58 : km 5.77 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Esplanade
  59. 59 : km 5.93 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  60. 60 : km 5.98 - alt. 109 m - Turn left onto Esplanade
  61. 61 : km 6.11 - alt. 100 m - Turn sharp left
  62. 62 : km 6.23 - alt. 93 m - Keep right
  63. 63 : km 6.41 - alt. 68 m - Turn sharp left
  64. 64 : km 6.65 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp right
  65. 65 : km 6.7 - alt. 50 m - Keep left
  66. 66 : km 6.73 - alt. 50 m - Keep left
  67. 67 : km 6.78 - alt. 52 m - Keep right
  68. 68 : km 6.83 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  69. 69 : km 6.84 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
  70. 70 : km 6.88 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  71. 71 : km 6.9 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  72. 72 : km 6.9 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Princes Street
  73. 73 : km 6.98 - alt. 61 m - Keep right onto Princes Street, A90
  74. 74 : km 7.04 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Queensferry Street, A90
  75. 75 : km 7.48 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Bell's Brae
  76. 76 : km 8.06 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Ravelston Terrace
  77. 77 : km 10.2 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  78. 78 : km 10.76 - alt. 119 m - Keep right
  79. 79 : km 10.77 - alt. 121 m - Keep left
  80. 80 : km 10.8 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  81. 81 : km 10.83 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
  82. 82 : km 10.9 - alt. 136 m - Turn right
  83. 83 : km 10.98 - alt. 130 m - Turn slight right
  84. 84 : km 11.25 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  85. 85 : km 11.32 - alt. 138 m - Turn right
  86. 86 : km 11.47 - alt. 160 m - Turn right onto John Muir Way
  87. 87 : km 11.5 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  88. 88 : km 11.52 - alt. 159 m - Turn right
  89. 89 : km 11.55 - alt. 159 m - Keep right
  90. 90 : km 11.58 - alt. 159 m - Turn left
  91. 91 : km 11.6 - alt. 160 m - Turn slight right onto John Muir Way
  92. 92 : km 11.62 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  93. 93 : km 11.77 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  94. 94 : km 11.84 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  95. 95 : km 12.12 - alt. 130 m - Turn slight left
  96. 96 : km 12.2 - alt. 136 m - Turn left
  97. 97 : km 12.27 - alt. 134 m - Turn slight right
  98. 98 : km 12.4 - alt. 129 m - Turn slight right
  99. 99 : km 12.46 - alt. 122 m - Keep left
  100. 100 : km 12.51 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  101. 101 : km 12.62 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight left
  102. 102 : km 12.63 - alt. 101 m - Keep right
  103. 103 : km 12.98 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight left
  104. 104 : km 12.99 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Corstorphine Road, A8
  105. 105 : km 13 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Balgreen Road
  106. 106 : km 14.2 - alt. 44 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Balgreen Road
  107. 107 : km 14.61 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Sidings Way
  108. 108 : km 14.9 - alt. 53 m - Turn left
  109. 109 : km 14.99 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Hutchison Road
  110. 110 : km 15.05 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Hutchison Loan
  111. 111 : km 15.15 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Hutchison Avenue
  112. 112 : km 15.26 - alt. 58 m - Turn left onto Chesser Avenue
  113. 113 : km 15.38 - alt. 61 m - Turn right onto Slateford Road, A70
  114. 114 : km 15.68 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp left onto Craiglockhart Avenue
  115. 115 : km 16.58 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  116. 116 : km 16.61 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
  117. 117 : km 16.91 - alt. 118 m - Turn left
  118. 118 : km 16.96 - alt. 131 m - Turn left
  119. 119 : km 17 - alt. 133 m - Turn right
  120. 120 : km 17.19 - alt. 169 m - Turn right
  121. 121 : km 17.44 - alt. 144 m - Turn right
  122. 122 : km 17.59 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight left
  123. 123 : km 17.6 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight left
  124. 124 : km 17.61 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  125. 125 : km 17.63 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto Greenbank Drive
  126. 126 : km 18.13 - alt. 115 m - Turn slight right onto Ashy Path
  127. 127 : km 18.18 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Greenbank Road
  128. 128 : km 18.36 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Greenbank Park
  129. 129 : km 18.68 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Greenbank Crescent
  130. 130 : km 18.68 - alt. 120 m - Turn left onto Fly Walk
  131. 131 : km 18.73 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
  132. 132 : km 18.75 - alt. 110 m - Keep left
  133. 133 : km 18.81 - alt. 104 m - Turn sharp left
  134. 134 : km 18.84 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  135. 135 : km 18.86 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  136. 136 : km 18.95 - alt. 112 m - Turn slight right
  137. 137 : km 19.01 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Comiston Road, A702
  138. 138 : km 19.03 - alt. 122 m - Turn right onto Riselaw Road
  139. 139 : km 19.18 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Braid Road
  140. 140 : km 19.48 - alt. 150 m - Turn sharp left
  141. 141 : km 19.61 - alt. 159 m - Keep right
  142. 142 : km 19.88 - alt. 201 m - Keep right
  143. 143 : km 20.02 - alt. 202 m - Turn left
  144. 144 : km 20.03 - alt. 202 m - Turn slight left
  145. 145 : km 20.05 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp right
  146. 146 : km 20.22 - alt. 184 m - Turn right
  147. 147 : km 20.49 - alt. 160 m - Keep right
  148. 148 : km 20.54 - alt. 158 m - Turn right onto Braid Hills Approach
  149. 149 : km 20.63 - alt. 157 m - Turn sharp right
  150. 150 : km 20.7 - alt. 159 m - Turn slight left
  151. 151 : km 20.82 - alt. 144 m - Turn right onto The Ride
  152. 152 : km 20.88 - alt. 143 m - Turn sharp left
  153. 153 : km 20.97 - alt. 128 m - Turn sharp right onto Braid Hills Road
  154. 154 : km 21.06 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
  155. 155 : km 21.17 - alt. 113 m - Keep left
  156. 156 : km 21.19 - alt. 109 m - Turn left
  157. 157 : km 21.23 - alt. 112 m - Keep right
  158. 158 : km 21.28 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  159. 159 : km 21.33 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  160. 160 : km 21.39 - alt. 86 m - Keep right
  161. 161 : km 21.41 - alt. 85 m - Keep left
  162. 162 : km 21.52 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  163. 163 : km 21.56 - alt. 95 m - Turn slight right
  164. 164 : km 21.58 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  165. 165 : km 21.6 - alt. 101 m - Keep right
  166. 166 : km 21.68 - alt. 102 m - Keep left
  167. 167 : km 21.84 - alt. 104 m - Turn left
  168. 168 : km 21.86 - alt. 103 m - Keep right
  169. 169 : km 22 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
  170. 170 : km 22.11 - alt. 156 m - Turn right
  171. 171 : km 22.21 - alt. 158 m - Turn sharp left
  172. 172 : km 22.26 - alt. 159 m - Turn sharp right
  173. 173 : km 22.32 - alt. 153 m - Turn left
  174. 174 : km 22.47 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  175. 175 : km 22.5 - alt. 99 m - Turn right
  176. 176 : km 22.57 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp left
  177. 177 : km 22.72 - alt. 73 m - Turn right
  178. 178 : km 22.84 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  179. 179 : km 23.38 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Kilgraston Road
  180. 180 : km 23.94 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Beaufort Road
  181. 181 : km 24.55 - alt. 80 m - Turn left onto St Catherine's Place
  182. 182 : km 24.72 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Sciennes Road
  183. 183 : km 24.87 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Sciennes
  184. 184 : km 25.07 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Summerhall, A700
  185. 185 : km 25.08 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  186. 186 : km 25.09 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  187. 187 : km 25.16 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Hope Park Terrace
  188. 188 : km 25.43 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Spittalfield Crescent
  189. 189 : km 25.47 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto St Leonard's Street
  190. 190 : km 25.48 - alt. 76 m - Turn right onto Hermits Croft
  191. 191 : km 25.49 - alt. 76 m - Keep left onto Hermits Croft
  192. 192 : km 25.53 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  193. S/E : km 25.53 - alt. 75 m

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