30 Miles Ipswich

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 48.31 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 14h 15 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 165 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 170 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 50 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ipswich 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.057043° / E 1.170265°
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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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 14 m - Start on Spring Road
  2. 2 : km 0.51 - alt. 23 m - Keep right onto St John's Road
  3. 3 : km 0.92 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Cauldwell Hall Road
  4. 4 : km 1.24 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Spring Road
  5. 5 : km 1.98 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left onto Spring Road
  6. 6 : km 1.99 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right onto Woodbridge Road East
  7. 7 : km 2.17 - alt. 42 m - Keep left
  8. 8 : km 2.24 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.25 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 2.26 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Colchester Road
  11. 11 : km 2.27 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Woodbridge Road East
  12. 12 : km 2.45 - alt. 40 m - Keep left onto Woodbridge Road East
  13. 13 : km 2.7 - alt. 36 m - Keep left onto Playford Road
  14. 14 : km 2.78 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight left onto Playford Road
  15. 15 : km 6.63 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Hall Road
  16. 16 : km 7.88 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Main Road, A1214
  17. 17 : km 8.61 - alt. 32 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ropes Drive
  18. 18 : km 9.23 - alt. 32 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ropes Drive
  19. 19 : km 11.21 - alt. 33 m - Keep left onto Ropes Drive
  20. 20 : km 11.22 - alt. 34 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Main Road
  21. 21 : km 11.51 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Bell Lane
  22. 22 : km 14.55 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Purdis Farm Lane
  23. 23 : km 14.83 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Woodhouse Lane
  24. 24 : km 15.46 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Bucklesham Road
  25. 25 : km 16.97 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 17.16 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Murrills Road
  27. 27 : km 17.46 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 17.47 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 17.63 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 17.65 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Murrills Road
  31. 31 : km 17.72 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 17.74 - alt. 29 m - Turn sharp right
  33. 33 : km 17.75 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 17.77 - alt. 29 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Ransomes Way, A1189
  35. 35 : km 18.2 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 18.21 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 18.24 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
  38. 38 : km 18.27 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 18.47 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 18.48 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Ransomes Way, A1189
  41. 41 : km 18.55 - alt. 37 m - Keep left onto Ransomes Way, A1189
  42. 42 : km 18.59 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 18.6 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 18.76 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 19.02 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 20.22 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 20.5 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 20.6 - alt. 34 m - Keep left
  49. 49 : km 21.03 - alt. 15 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 21.26 - alt. 5 m - Turn right
  51. 51 : km 21.37 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 21.39 - alt. 5 m - Keep left
  53. 53 : km 21.77 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  54. 54 : km 22 - alt. 8 m - Turn slight left
  55. 55 : km 23.11 - alt. 16 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 23.17 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Gainsborough Lane
  57. 57 : km 23.23 - alt. 20 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 24.44 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  59. 59 : km 24.45 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  60. 60 : km 24.68 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  61. 61 : km 24.85 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 24.89 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  63. 63 : km 24.9 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  64. 64 : km 25.31 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Braziers Wood Road
  65. 65 : km 25.51 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Braziers Wood Road
  66. 66 : km 26.12 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Nacton Road
  67. 67 : km 26.28 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Lindbergh Road
  68. 68 : km 27.29 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  69. 69 : km 27.31 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Felixstowe Road, A1156
  70. 70 : km 27.49 - alt. 31 m - Keep left onto Felixstowe Road, A1156
  71. 71 : km 27.53 - alt. 30 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bixley Road, A1189
  72. 72 : km 28.5 - alt. 38 m - Keep left onto Bixley Road, A1189
  73. 73 : km 28.52 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Foxhall Road
  74. 74 : km 29.27 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Britannia Road
  75. 75 : km 30.13 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Spring Road
  76. 76 : km 30.31 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight left onto Spring Road
  77. 77 : km 30.32 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right onto Woodbridge Road East
  78. 78 : km 30.58 - alt. 42 m - Keep right onto Woodbridge Road East
  79. 79 : km 30.6 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp left onto Colchester Road
  80. 80 : km 30.64 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right onto Colchester Road, A1214
  81. 81 : km 31.04 - alt. 41 m - Enter roundabout
  82. 82 : km 31.97 - alt. 44 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Colchester Road, A1214
  83. 83 : km 32.8 - alt. 47 m - Keep left onto Colchester Road, A1214
  84. 84 : km 32.83 - alt. 47 m - At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Valley Road, A1214
  85. 85 : km 33.37 - alt. 49 m - Keep left onto Valley Road, A1214
  86. 86 : km 33.4 - alt. 49 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Valley Road, A1214
  87. 87 : km 35.21 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  88. 88 : km 35.23 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Chevallier Street, A1214
  89. 89 : km 36.11 - alt. 4 m - Keep right onto A1214
  90. 90 : km 36.17 - alt. 4 m - Keep right
  91. 91 : km 36.2 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight right onto London Road
  92. 92 : km 36.3 - alt. 4 m - Keep right
  93. 93 : km 36.34 - alt. 5 m - Turn slight right onto Hadleigh Road
  94. 94 : km 37.49 - alt. 20 m - Turn left
  95. 95 : km 37.52 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight right
  96. 96 : km 37.67 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  97. 97 : km 37.82 - alt. 31 m - Turn slight right
  98. 98 : km 37.89 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
  99. 99 : km 38.39 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  100. 100 : km 38.98 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  101. 101 : km 39.63 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto London Road
  102. 102 : km 39.93 - alt. 31 m - Turn sharp left
  103. 103 : km 39.93 - alt. 31 m - Turn sharp right
  104. 104 : km 40.47 - alt. 13 m - Turn left
  105. 105 : km 40.47 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto London Road
  106. 106 : km 41.27 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  107. 107 : km 41.95 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto A1071
  108. 108 : km 41.96 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto London Road, A1214
  109. 109 : km 42.77 - alt. 39 m - Keep left
  110. 110 : km 42.89 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight left onto London Road, A1214
  111. 111 : km 42.9 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  112. 112 : km 43.24 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Kingfisher Avenue
  113. 113 : km 43.59 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Hawthorn Drive
  114. 114 : km 44.07 - alt. 43 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hawthorn Drive
  115. 115 : km 44.7 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Birkfield Drive
  116. 116 : km 45.37 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Ranelagh Road
  117. 117 : km 45.38 - alt. 3 m - Turn left
  118. 118 : km 45.38 - alt. 3 m - Turn left
  119. 119 : km 45.5 - alt. 5 m - Turn sharp right
  120. 120 : km 45.68 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  121. 121 : km 45.8 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto West End Road, A137
  122. 122 : km 45.95 - alt. 3 m - Keep left onto West End Road, A137
  123. 123 : km 45.99 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Chancery Road, A137
  124. 124 : km 46.29 - alt. 3 m - Keep right
  125. 125 : km 46.36 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight right onto Grafton Way, A137
  126. 126 : km 46.56 - alt. 3 m - Keep right onto Grafton Way, A137
  127. 127 : km 46.6 - alt. 3 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A137
  128. 128 : km 46.68 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto St Peter's Dock
  129. 129 : km 46.72 - alt. 2 m - Turn left
  130. 130 : km 46.73 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  131. 131 : km 47.34 - alt. 2 m - Turn right
  132. 132 : km 47.41 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  133. 133 : km 47.46 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  134. 134 : km 47.5 - alt. 7 m - Turn left onto Long Street
  135. 135 : km 47.61 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  136. 136 : km 47.79 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  137. 137 : km 47.84 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  138. 138 : km 47.85 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Rope Walk
  139. 139 : km 48.04 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto St Helens Street, B1075
  140. S/E : km 48.31 - alt. 14 m

Useful Information

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Walking Into the Valley of Wherstead

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Walking Foxhall and Brookhill Wood

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