14, Hill First Half

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 22.31 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 7h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 278 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 287 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 180 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
  • ⚐
    District: Medway 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.372634° / E 0.557943°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 82 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.17 - alt. 82 m - Keep right onto Watling Street, A2
  3. 3 : km 1.7 - alt. 20 m - Keep left onto Chatham Hill, A2
  4. 4 : km 1.82 - alt. 11 m - Enter roundabout
  5. 5 : km 4.03 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Walderslade Road
  6. 6 : km 6.51 - alt. 98 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Walderslade Road
  7. 7 : km 7.27 - alt. 149 m - Turn sharp left onto Tunbury Avenue
  8. 8 : km 8.14 - alt. 179 m - Turn right onto Walderslade Woods
  9. 9 : km 8.48 - alt. 170 m - Keep right onto Walderslade Woods
  10. 10 : km 8.59 - alt. 168 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Walderslade Woods
  11. 11 : km 9.51 - alt. 137 m - Keep left onto Walderslade Woods
  12. 12 : km 9.75 - alt. 137 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 9.77 - alt. 136 m - Turn sharp left onto Walderslade Woods
  14. 14 : km 9.82 - alt. 137 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 9.83 - alt. 137 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 10.56 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 10.56 - alt. 126 m - Turn right onto Maidstone Road, A229
  18. 18 : km 10.67 - alt. 124 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 10.69 - alt. 124 m - Turn right onto Maidstone Road, A229
  20. 20 : km 10.96 - alt. 120 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Maidstone Road, A229
  21. 21 : km 11.44 - alt. 118 m - Keep left onto Maidstone Road, A229
  22. 22 : km 12.25 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Arethusa Road
  23. 23 : km 12.59 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Ajax Road
  24. 24 : km 12.61 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Arethusa Road
  25. 25 : km 12.94 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto The Tideway
  26. 26 : km 13.46 - alt. 64 m - Turn left onto Hawser Road
  27. 27 : km 13.64 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto Maidstone Road, B2097
  28. 28 : km 13.67 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 13.71 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Valley View Road
  30. 30 : km 13.85 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Trevale Road
  31. 31 : km 13.87 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Valley View Road
  32. 32 : km 14.12 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto Valley View Road
  33. 33 : km 14.67 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Hill Road
  34. 34 : km 14.94 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto Borstal Road
  35. 35 : km 15.03 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Shorts Way
  36. 36 : km 15.16 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Stirling Close
  37. 37 : km 15.16 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 15.56 - alt. 7 m - Turn slight right onto Esplanade
  39. 39 : km 16.49 - alt. 5 m - Keep left
  40. 40 : km 16.54 - alt. 5 m - Turn slight left onto Esplanade
  41. 41 : km 17.26 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Castle Hill
  42. 42 : km 17.4 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Epaul Lane
  43. 43 : km 17.43 - alt. 8 m - Turn slight left onto Two Post Alley
  44. 44 : km 17.47 - alt. 7 m - Turn right onto High Street
  45. 45 : km 19.06 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Medway Street
  46. 46 : km 19.3 - alt. 5 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 19.33 - alt. 5 m - Turn right onto Globe Lane
  48. 48 : km 19.48 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto The Brook
  49. 49 : km 20.19 - alt. 5 m - Turn left onto High Street
  50. 50 : km 20.47 - alt. 10 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Chatham Hill, A2
  51. S/E : km 22.31 - alt. 82 m

Useful Information

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