Hilly Route Via Shaptor Woods

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.62 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 250 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 254 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 240 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 29 m
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Description

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(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. 43 m - Start on Coombe Close
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Bradley Road
  3. 3 : km 0.11 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.11 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Bradley Road
  5. 5 : km 0.25 - alt. 56 m - Turn sharp right
  6. 6 : km 0.25 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto East Street
  7. 7 : km 0.28 - alt. 58 m - Turn right onto Trough Lane
  8. 8 : km 0.43 - alt. 89 m - Turn slight left
  9. 9 : km 1.55 - alt. 212 m - Turn slight left
  10. 10 : km 2.29 - alt. 236 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 3.64 - alt. 197 m - Turn left onto Woodland Trust Trail
  12. 12 : km 5.35 - alt. 164 m - Turn right onto Little John's Walk
  13. 13 : km 6.15 - alt. 97 m - Turn slight right onto Little John's Walk
  14. 14 : km 6.31 - alt. 92 m - Turn slight right onto A382
  15. 15 : km 6.57 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp right onto Ashwell Lane
  16. 16 : km 7.26 - alt. 52 m - Turn slight left
  17. 17 : km 7.29 - alt. 48 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 7.35 - alt. 48 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 8.15 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 8.29 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp left onto Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
  21. 21 : km 8.99 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 9.18 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left
  23. 23 : km 9.2 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Monks Way, A382
  24. 24 : km 9.23 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 9.42 - alt. 31 m - Turn slight left
  26. 26 : km 9.47 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight right onto Cromwells Way
  27. 27 : km 9.51 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Cromwells Way
  28. 28 : km 9.74 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Fore Street
  29. 29 : km 9.76 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 9.9 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Sett Close
  31. 31 : km 10.04 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto De Tracey Park
  32. 32 : km 10.04 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 10.07 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 10.15 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight right onto Churchfields Drive
  35. 35 : km 10.19 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Mannings Meadow
  36. 36 : km 10.3 - alt. 29 m - Turn slight left onto Mannings Meadow
  37. 37 : km 10.47 - alt. 34 m - Turn slight left onto Drake Lane
  38. 38 : km 10.5 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp right onto Coombe Close
  39. S/E : km 10.62 - alt. 43 m

Useful Information

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