Tockington 8m

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 14.24 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 79 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 72 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 85 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
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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. 61 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.06 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.09 - alt. 61 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.16 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.18 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 0.19 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 0.69 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Stoke Lane
  9. 9 : km 0.75 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Shellmor Avenue
  10. 10 : km 1.13 - alt. 69 m - Keep left onto Shellmor Avenue
  11. 11 : km 1.16 - alt. 69 m - Turn sharp left
  12. 12 : km 1.2 - alt. 70 m - Turn slight right onto Gloucester Road, A38
  13. 13 : km 1.29 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 1.32 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 1.35 - alt. 69 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 1.38 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 1.39 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 1.39 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Gloucester Road, A38
  19. 19 : km 1.78 - alt. 77 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Gloucester Road, A38
  20. 20 : km 2.21 - alt. 83 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Gloucester Road, A38
  21. 21 : km 2.85 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto Over Lane
  22. 22 : km 2.91 - alt. 82 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 2.95 - alt. 78 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 3.1 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Sundays Hill
  25. 25 : km 3.11 - alt. 47 m - Keep left onto Sundays Hill
  26. 26 : km 3.31 - alt. 38 m - Keep left onto Church Road
  27. 27 : km 3.6 - alt. 27 m - Keep right onto Tockington Lane
  28. 28 : km 5.98 - alt. 22 m - Keep right onto Lower Tockington Road
  29. 29 : km 6.11 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left onto The Green
  30. 30 : km 6.2 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 6.22 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left onto Lower Tockington Road
  32. 32 : km 6.35 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Hardy Lane
  33. 33 : km 6.36 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Lower Tockington Road
  34. 34 : km 6.6 - alt. 14 m - Keep right onto Lower Tockington Road
  35. 35 : km 6.98 - alt. 15 m - Keep right onto Tockington Lane
  36. S/E : km 14.24 - alt. 61 m

Useful Information

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