Shibden > Beacon Hill > Down Southowram Bank

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.57 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 304 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 303 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 255 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 112 m
  • ⚐
    District: Calderdale 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.736624° / W 1.831293°
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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. 232 m - Start on Towngate
  2. 2 : km 0.07 - alt. 235 m - Turn left onto Upper Lane
  3. 3 : km 0.08 - alt. 236 m - Turn slight right onto Upper Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.34 - alt. 243 m - Turn left onto Howes Lane
  5. 5 : km 1.01 - alt. 200 m - Turn sharp left onto Brow Lane
  6. 6 : km 1.52 - alt. 162 m - Keep right onto Staups Lane
  7. 7 : km 1.6 - alt. 162 m - Turn sharp right onto Kell Lane
  8. 8 : km 1.61 - alt. 162 m - Keep right onto Kell Lane
  9. 9 : km 2.05 - alt. 137 m - Turn left onto A58
  10. 10 : km 2.17 - alt. 124 m - Turn left onto Red Beck Road
  11. 11 : km 2.37 - alt. 114 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.41 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 2.44 - alt. 112 m - Turn slight right
  14. 14 : km 2.51 - alt. 112 m - Keep right
  15. 15 : km 2.62 - alt. 121 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 2.72 - alt. 121 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 3.03 - alt. 143 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 3.24 - alt. 153 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 3.46 - alt. 172 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 4.07 - alt. 234 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 4.08 - alt. 234 m - Turn sharp right onto Green Lane
  22. 22 : km 4.49 - alt. 254 m - Keep right onto Green Lane
  23. 23 : km 4.86 - alt. 237 m - Turn sharp right onto Bank Top
  24. 24 : km 4.87 - alt. 236 m - Turn left onto Southowram Bank
  25. 25 : km 5.7 - alt. 119 m - Turn slight right onto Charlestown Road
  26. 26 : km 5.7 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto Old Bank
  27. 27 : km 5.97 - alt. 170 m - Turn sharp right onto Beacon Hill Road
  28. 28 : km 6.05 - alt. 172 m - Turn sharp left onto Godley Branch Road
  29. 29 : km 6.13 - alt. 174 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 6.21 - alt. 186 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 6.25 - alt. 186 m - Turn left onto Lister's Road
  32. 32 : km 6.29 - alt. 186 m - Turn sharp right onto The Incline
  33. 33 : km 7.34 - alt. 141 m - Keep left onto Bradford Road, A6036
  34. 34 : km 8.91 - alt. 223 m - Turn sharp left onto Lydgate
  35. 35 : km 9.12 - alt. 233 m - Keep left onto Towngate
  36. S/E : km 9.57 - alt. 231 m

Useful Information

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