Warm Weather 12 Miler

Technical sheet

n°52523602
Creation
Last update
–
  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 20.31 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 127 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 129 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 75 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 27 m
  • ⚐
    District: Winterbourne 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.522681° / W 2.507486°
  • Today’s forecast: … Loading…
Downloads
Open in the mobile app
Download GPX GPX
Download PDF PDF

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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 71 m - Start on Flaxpits Lane
  2. 2 : km 0.1 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Dragon Road
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto High Street, B4058
  5. 5 : km 0.17 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Beacon Lane, B4057
  6. 6 : km 1.28 - alt. 48 m - Keep left onto Winterbourne Road, B4057
  7. 7 : km 1.33 - alt. 47 m - Keep left onto Winterbourne Road, B4057
  8. 8 : km 1.52 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 1.52 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 1.76 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 1.77 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Great Stoke Way
  12. 12 : km 2.2 - alt. 68 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  13. 13 : km 2.72 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Rosedown Avenue
  14. 14 : km 2.78 - alt. 55 m - Keep right onto Rosedown Avenue
  15. 15 : km 3.45 - alt. 49 m - Keep left onto Rosedown Avenue
  16. 16 : km 3.69 - alt. 53 m - Keep right onto Rosedown Avenue
  17. 17 : km 3.78 - alt. 51 m - Turn sharp right onto Rosedown Avenue
  18. 18 : km 3.79 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Rosedown Avenue
  19. 19 : km 3.8 - alt. 52 m - Turn slight right onto A4174
  20. 20 : km 4.21 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto A4174
  21. 21 : km 4.28 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 4.77 - alt. 66 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Stoke Lane
  23. 23 : km 4.86 - alt. 66 m - Turn slight left onto Stoke Lane
  24. 24 : km 5.57 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 5.58 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 5.97 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 5.98 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Stoke Lane
  28. 28 : km 6 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Frenchay Park Road, B4058
  29. 29 : km 6.99 - alt. 47 m - Keep left onto Frenchay Park Road, B4058
  30. 30 : km 7 - alt. 47 m - Turn sharp left
  31. 31 : km 7.43 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 7.51 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight right
  33. 33 : km 7.6 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Beckspool Road
  34. 34 : km 8.11 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Beckspool Road
  35. 35 : km 8.13 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 8.15 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Beckspool Road
  37. 37 : km 8.72 - alt. 45 m - Turn sharp left
  38. 38 : km 9.03 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp right
  39. 39 : km 9.09 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Heathfields
  40. 40 : km 9.28 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right onto Bampton Drive
  41. 41 : km 9.33 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Bromley Heath Road, A4017
  42. 42 : km 9.36 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Ring Road Path
  43. 43 : km 9.37 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight left onto Ring Road Path
  44. 44 : km 9.78 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 9.97 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Old Bromley Heath Road
  46. 46 : km 10.67 - alt. 31 m - Keep left onto Old Bromley Heath Road
  47. 47 : km 10.69 - alt. 31 m - Turn slight left onto Moorend Road
  48. 48 : km 10.75 - alt. 31 m - Keep left onto Moorend Road
  49. 49 : km 10.92 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight right onto Bury Hill
  50. 50 : km 11.42 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 11.75 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Bury Hill
  52. 52 : km 11.88 - alt. 44 m - Keep right onto Bury Hill
  53. 53 : km 11.9 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp left onto Cuckoo Lane
  54. 54 : km 12.03 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Down Road
  55. 55 : km 12.46 - alt. 50 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 12.51 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight left
  57. 57 : km 12.53 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight left onto A432
  58. 58 : km 12.65 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Ruffet Road
  59. 59 : km 12.79 - alt. 55 m - Keep left onto Ruffet Road
  60. 60 : km 13.02 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Ruffet Road
  61. 61 : km 13.03 - alt. 48 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 13.05 - alt. 48 m - Turn sharp left onto Ruffet Road
  63. 63 : km 13.27 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight left onto Ruffet Road
  64. 64 : km 13.36 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  65. 65 : km 13.38 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp right
  66. 66 : km 13.41 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp left
  67. 67 : km 13.43 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Ruffet Road
  68. 68 : km 14.01 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  69. 69 : km 14.5 - alt. 63 m - Keep right
  70. 70 : km 14.65 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right
  71. 71 : km 14.79 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Roundways
  72. 72 : km 14.8 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
  73. 73 : km 14.82 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp left onto Roundways
  74. 74 : km 15.61 - alt. 67 m - Turn left onto Woodside Road
  75. 75 : km 15.74 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Badminton Road, A432
  76. 76 : km 15.92 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Church Road
  77. 77 : km 16.84 - alt. 64 m - Turn left onto Ryecroft Road
  78. 78 : km 16.89 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Clyde Road
  79. 79 : km 17.22 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Park Lane
  80. 80 : km 17.22 - alt. 49 m - Turn right onto Rectory Road
  81. 81 : km 17.33 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Rectory Road
  82. 82 : km 17.87 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto School Road
  83. 83 : km 18.47 - alt. 55 m - Keep left onto School Road
  84. 84 : km 18.52 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Court Road
  85. 85 : km 18.55 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Bristol Road, B4058
  86. 86 : km 20.14 - alt. 70 m - Keep left onto Dragon Road
  87. 87 : km 20.19 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Flaxpits Lane
  88. S/E : km 20.31 - alt. 71 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.

Other walks in the area

Walking Barn Wood

Walker
↔2.97 km ↗+51 m ↘-51 m ◔1h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Contoured walk with a focus on 18th century historic features in semi-ancient woodland.

Walking Stoke Park

Walker
↔2.77 km ↗+47 m ↘-47 m ◔0h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Hilly, with extensive views over and beyond the park landscape, mainly on open land.

Walking Rhododendron

Walker
↔3.93 km ↗+88 m ↘-95 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Passing by Goram’s Chair, Tarn Lake, Beech Cathedral, Lily Pond, Rhododendron Walk, Rustic Lodge, Woodman’s Cottage.

Walking Royals and St Mary’s Church

Walker
↔2.46 km ↗+30 m ↘-33 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to 1093, with various rebuilding over the years until an extensive refurbishment in 1878. Look out for two notable graves; an obelisk memorial to the Egyptologist Amelia Edwards and coloured head and foot stones of ‘Scipio Africanus’, a negro slave.

Walking Gorge

Walker
↔1.80 km ↗+37 m ↘-35 m ◔0h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

The gorge is at its deepest below Lover’s Leap. You can see massive cliffs of steeply tilted white Carboniferous Limestone. It is difficult to see exactly how the Gorge was formed. It would have been directly influenced by the most recent Ice Age up to 100,000 years ago.

Walking Castle

Walker
↔1.24 km ↗+30 m ↘-30 m ◔0h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Built in 1795 for John Scandret Harford by William Paty. A solid, simple design placed on a rise so as to appear bigger. Harford was responsible for commissioning landscape architect Humphrey Repton and thereafter, architect John Nash who designed the Orangery, Dairy and nearby Blaise Hamlet. More ornate additions representing a Greek classical influence were made to both the exterior and interior of the house from 1832-3 by C R Cockerell on instruction from J S Harford Jnr.

Walking Kings Weston Down

Walker
↔4.80 km ↗+58 m ↘-56 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

Walk passing by Iron Age Hill Fort, Echo Gate, Arbutus walk, Kingsweston Down and wildflower meadows.

Walking Durdham Down

Walker
↔3.58 km ↗+47 m ↘-47 m ◔1h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from City of Bristol

It is 150 years since The Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol) Act, 1861 secured the Downs as a place of recreation for us all – forever. This trail and a second trail exploring the Promenade and Observatory Hill celebrate this anniversary and explore the rich and fascinating history of the Downs.

For more walks, use our search engine.

The GPS track and description are the property of the author.

Loading…