Marathon Lanes & Yeovil Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 42.36 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 13h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 310 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 313 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 129 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 26 m
  • ⚐
    District: West Coker 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.919134° / W 2.687737°
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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. 76 m - Start on Church Street
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto High Street, A30
  3. 3 : km 0.11 - alt. 79 m - Turn left onto Chur Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.51 - alt. 129 m - Turn right onto Ridge Lane
  5. 5 : km 1.55 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto West Coker Hill
  6. 6 : km 2.16 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Chinnock Hollow
  7. 7 : km 2.17 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 2.48 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Green Lane
  9. 9 : km 3.3 - alt. 117 m - Turn left onto Street Lane
  10. 10 : km 4.71 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Ham Hill Road
  11. 11 : km 7.36 - alt. 53 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 7.4 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto Townsend
  13. 13 : km 7.5 - alt. 52 m - Turn left onto South Street
  14. 14 : km 7.61 - alt. 51 m - Keep left onto The Borough
  15. 15 : km 9.29 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Windsor Lane
  16. 16 : km 12.13 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Head Street
  17. 17 : km 12.36 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Montacute Road
  18. 18 : km 14.29 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp left
  19. 19 : km 15.61 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 15.97 - alt. 59 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 16.9 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 17.04 - alt. 70 m - Keep right onto Montacute Road
  23. 23 : km 17.24 - alt. 70 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  24. 24 : km 17.26 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 17.29 - alt. 69 m - Turn slight left onto Preston Road
  26. 26 : km 17.85 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Lufton Way
  27. 27 : km 17.93 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Mead Avenue
  28. 28 : km 18.75 - alt. 79 m - Turn right onto Lufton Way
  29. 29 : km 19.24 - alt. 85 m - Turn sharp left onto Artillery Road
  30. 30 : km 19.61 - alt. 69 m - Turn right onto George Smith Way
  31. 31 : km 19.82 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Boundary Way
  32. 32 : km 20.32 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Lufton Way
  33. 33 : km 20.71 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Western Avenue
  34. 34 : km 21.43 - alt. 76 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stourton Way
  35. 35 : km 23.07 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Western Avenue
  36. 36 : km 23.24 - alt. 88 m - Turn sharp right onto Thorne Lane
  37. 37 : km 24.73 - alt. 99 m - Turn slight right
  38. 38 : km 24.75 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 24.88 - alt. 96 m - Keep right
  40. 40 : km 24.92 - alt. 95 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Combe Street Lane
  41. 41 : km 24.98 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight right onto Combe Street Lane
  42. 42 : km 26.02 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Mudford Road, A359
  43. 43 : km 26.99 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Lyde Road
  44. 44 : km 28.18 - alt. 51 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lyde Road
  45. 45 : km 29.24 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Camborne Street
  46. 46 : km 29.37 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Camborne Place
  47. 47 : km 29.47 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Camborne Grove
  48. 48 : km 29.5 - alt. 31 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 29.61 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left onto Pen Mill cycle/footpath
  50. 50 : km 29.72 - alt. 34 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 30.3 - alt. 32 m - Keep right onto Old Route of Durston & Yeovil Branch Line
  52. 52 : km 30.47 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 30.48 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp right
  54. 54 : km 30.52 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 30.56 - alt. 31 m - Turn right onto Old Station Way
  56. 56 : km 30.69 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Tanyard Way
  57. 57 : km 30.8 - alt. 32 m - Keep left
  58. 58 : km 31.07 - alt. 34 m - Keep right
  59. 59 : km 32.14 - alt. 37 m - Turn sharp right
  60. 60 : km 32.24 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  61. 61 : km 32.38 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight left
  62. 62 : km 32.63 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto A30
  63. 63 : km 32.64 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight right onto Hendford Hill, A30
  64. 64 : km 33.29 - alt. 79 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Dorchester Road, A37
  65. 65 : km 33.53 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto East Coker Road
  66. 66 : km 34.31 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp right onto Sandhurst Road
  67. 67 : km 34.88 - alt. 83 m - Turn right onto West Coker Road, A30
  68. 68 : km 34.9 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Forest Hill
  69. 69 : km 35.41 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Lysander Road, A3088
  70. 70 : km 35.76 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Gazelle Road
  71. 71 : km 36.34 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right onto Watercombe Park
  72. 72 : km 36.41 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Watercombe Lane
  73. 73 : km 36.5 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Brympton Way
  74. 74 : km 36.72 - alt. 45 m - Turn slight left onto Brympton Way
  75. 75 : km 36.98 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Watercombe Lane
  76. 76 : km 37.07 - alt. 49 m - Turn sharp left onto Lysander Road, A3088
  77. 77 : km 37.7 - alt. 85 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto West Coker Road, A30
  78. 78 : km 37.74 - alt. 86 m - Turn right
  79. 79 : km 37.77 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  80. 80 : km 38.43 - alt. 70 m - Turn slight left
  81. 81 : km 38.48 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto Longlands Lane
  82. 82 : km 38.75 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto Longlands Lane
  83. 83 : km 38.79 - alt. 66 m - Keep left onto Longlands Lane
  84. 84 : km 39.01 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  85. 85 : km 39.48 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  86. 86 : km 40.43 - alt. 72 m - Turn sharp left
  87. 87 : km 40.59 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  88. 88 : km 41.21 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Halves Lane
  89. 89 : km 42.19 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto Manor Street
  90. 90 : km 42.2 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto East Street
  91. S/E : km 42.36 - alt. 71 m

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