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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.15 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 21 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 20 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 63 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 35 m
  • ⚐
    District: Charnwood 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.771794° / W 1.212965°
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Description

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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. 45 m - Start on Granville Street
  2. 2 : km 0.08 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp left onto Ashby Road, A512
  3. 3 : km 0.13 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Broad Street
  4. 4 : km 0.39 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto The Rushes, A6
  5. 5 : km 0.47 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Canal Bank
  6. 6 : km 0.79 - alt. 40 m - Turn slight left onto Canal Bank
  7. 7 : km 1.73 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Swing Bridge
  8. 8 : km 1.74 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Swingbridge Road
  9. 9 : km 3.18 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 3.2 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 3.8 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 4.32 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 4.63 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Cotton Way
  14. 14 : km 4.66 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 4.75 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 5.06 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Bishop Meadow Road
  17. 17 : km 5.18 - alt. 38 m - Keep right onto Bishop Meadow Road
  18. 18 : km 5.22 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Derby Road, A6
  19. 19 : km 6.57 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Pear Tree Lane
  20. 20 : km 8.91 - alt. 52 m - Turn left onto Shepshed Road
  21. 21 : km 9.26 - alt. 53 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 9.84 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Butthole Lane
  23. 23 : km 11.15 - alt. 49 m - Turn right onto Hathern Drive
  24. 24 : km 11.3 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 11.35 - alt. 50 m - Turn slight left
  26. 26 : km 12.32 - alt. 44 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 12.35 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 12.36 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp left onto Coe Avenue
  29. 29 : km 12.51 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Althorpe Drive
  30. 30 : km 12.53 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Kenilworth Avenue
  31. 31 : km 13.04 - alt. 47 m - Enter roundabout
  32. 32 : km 13.58 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Epinal Way
  33. 33 : km 13.79 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto Epinal Way
  34. 34 : km 13.84 - alt. 43 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Alan Moss Road, A6004
  35. 35 : km 13.91 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Bowler Way
  36. 36 : km 13.97 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 14.37 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Cumberland Road
  38. 38 : km 14.63 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Ashby Road, A512
  39. 39 : km 15.12 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp right onto Granville Street
  40. S/E : km 15.15 - alt. 44 m

Useful Information

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