Rudyard, Cloud, Gun

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 27.81 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 548 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 549 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 384 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 136 m
  • ⚐
    District: Horton 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.122017° / W 2.075158°
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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. 162 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 162 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.14 - alt. 172 m - Turn right onto Lake Road
  4. 4 : km 0.15 - alt. 172 m - Keep left
  5. 5 : km 0.69 - alt. 186 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.81 - alt. 180 m - Turn right onto Reacliffe Road
  7. 7 : km 3.78 - alt. 160 m - Keep left onto Lake Road
  8. 8 : km 3.85 - alt. 163 m - Turn slight left onto Reacliffe Road
  9. 9 : km 4.02 - alt. 165 m - Turn sharp right
  10. 10 : km 4.03 - alt. 165 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 4.95 - alt. 163 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 5.31 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Station Lane
  13. 13 : km 5.33 - alt. 157 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 6.38 - alt. 145 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 6.4 - alt. 143 m - Turn sharp left
  16. 16 : km 7.58 - alt. 173 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 8.27 - alt. 194 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 8.97 - alt. 268 m - Turn left onto Cloudside
  19. 19 : km 9.16 - alt. 285 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 9.25 - alt. 296 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 9.65 - alt. 339 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 10.45 - alt. 264 m - Turn sharp left
  23. 23 : km 10.95 - alt. 293 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 11.06 - alt. 303 m - Turn slight right
  25. 25 : km 12.35 - alt. 271 m - Turn left onto Dial Lane
  26. 26 : km 12.56 - alt. 285 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 12.75 - alt. 278 m - Turn slight left onto Cloudside
  28. 28 : km 12.94 - alt. 271 m - Keep right onto Willowshaw
  29. 29 : km 13.76 - alt. 240 m - Turn right onto Ditchway
  30. 30 : km 14.75 - alt. 205 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 14.83 - alt. 206 m - Keep left
  32. 32 : km 15.98 - alt. 162 m - Turn sharp right
  33. 33 : km 16.3 - alt. 161 m - Turn sharp right onto Macclesfield Road, A523
  34. 34 : km 16.31 - alt. 162 m - Keep left onto Rushton Road
  35. 35 : km 16.35 - alt. 163 m - Turn sharp left onto Sugar Street
  36. 36 : km 16.47 - alt. 166 m - Turn sharp right onto Alley Lane
  37. 37 : km 16.73 - alt. 193 m - Turn slight left
  38. 38 : km 17.19 - alt. 224 m - Turn left onto Coppice side
  39. 39 : km 17.42 - alt. 210 m - Turn right onto Sugar Street
  40. 40 : km 17.79 - alt. 240 m - Keep right onto Sugar Street
  41. 41 : km 17.89 - alt. 240 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 18.57 - alt. 269 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 18.84 - alt. 266 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 19.11 - alt. 265 m - Turn left onto Rudyard Road
  45. 45 : km 19.5 - alt. 259 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 19.87 - alt. 293 m - Turn sharp right
  47. 47 : km 20.22 - alt. 319 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 20.7 - alt. 358 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 20.76 - alt. 363 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 21.54 - alt. 384 m - Turn slight left
  51. 51 : km 22.17 - alt. 354 m - Turn right onto Gun Hill Road
  52. 52 : km 22.23 - alt. 357 m - Turn sharp left
  53. 53 : km 23.32 - alt. 325 m - Keep left
  54. 54 : km 23.35 - alt. 324 m - Turn slight right
  55. 55 : km 24.59 - alt. 191 m - Turn slight right onto Meerbrook Road
  56. 56 : km 24.96 - alt. 186 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 25.98 - alt. 159 m - Turn right onto Macclesfield Road, A523
  58. 58 : km 25.99 - alt. 158 m - Keep left
  59. 59 : km 27.61 - alt. 161 m - Turn left
  60. 60 : km 27.61 - alt. 160 m - Turn sharp right
  61. 61 : km 27.77 - alt. 161 m - Turn slight right
  62. 62 : km 27.78 - alt. 162 m - Turn right
  63. S/E : km 27.81 - alt. 162 m

Useful Information

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