(W7.5) Balcombe Lake

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.94 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 246 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 245 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 153 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 59 m
  • ⚐
    District: Crawley 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.095682° / W 0.158494°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 88 m - Start on Bolton Road
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Bolton Road
  3. 3 : km 0.09 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Harper Drive
  4. 4 : km 0.54 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 1.41 - alt. 86 m - Turn slight left onto Balcombe Road, B2036
  6. 6 : km 1.7 - alt. 80 m - Keep left onto Balcombe Road, B2036
  7. 7 : km 1.73 - alt. 79 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Balcombe Road, B2036
  8. 8 : km 1.91 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 2.04 - alt. 84 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 2.22 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Church Road
  11. 11 : km 2.29 - alt. 102 m - Keep left onto Worth Way
  12. 12 : km 3.76 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Standinghall Lane
  13. 13 : km 5.94 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto Paddockhurst Road, B2110
  14. 14 : km 5.99 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Publoc Footpath
  15. 15 : km 6.3 - alt. 143 m - Turn slight left
  16. 16 : km 6.44 - alt. 137 m - Turn slight left onto Public Footpath
  17. 17 : km 7.38 - alt. 126 m - Turn right onto Back Lane
  18. 18 : km 8.98 - alt. 107 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 9.48 - alt. 107 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 10.19 - alt. 62 m - Turn sharp left onto Boundary Road
  21. 21 : km 10.87 - alt. 63 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 10.89 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 11.01 - alt. 66 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 11.65 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 12.1 - alt. 86 m - Turn slight right
  26. 26 : km 12.42 - alt. 103 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 12.42 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto Haywards Heath Road
  28. 28 : km 12.66 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto London Road, B2036
  29. 29 : km 13.19 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Crawley Lane
  30. 30 : km 15.27 - alt. 132 m - Turn right onto 3727
  31. 31 : km 16 - alt. 93 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 16.31 - alt. 106 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 17.15 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 17.96 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 17.99 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 18.07 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 18.21 - alt. 83 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 18.3 - alt. 84 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 18.45 - alt. 83 m - Turn left onto Tullett Road
  40. 40 : km 18.54 - alt. 79 m - Turn right onto Matthews Drive
  41. 41 : km 18.6 - alt. 80 m - Turn left onto Chapman Road
  42. 42 : km 18.76 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Harper Drive
  43. 43 : km 18.85 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Bolton Road
  44. 44 : km 18.92 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  45. S/E : km 18.94 - alt. 88 m

Useful Information

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