8km Hobbit Tunnel

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Creation

25 May 2024

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 8.13 km
Calculated time: 2h 45
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 155 m
Vertical drop: - 157 m
Highest point: 174 m
Lowest point: 54 m

Area: Cotswolds
District: Bath and North East Somerset
Start/End: N 51.36003° / W 2.353886°
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Description

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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.

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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

S/E : km 0 - alt. 165 m - Start on Bradford Road, A3062
2 : km 0.5 - alt. 166 m - Turn left onto Pioneer Avenue
3 : km 0.6 - alt. 157 m - Turn left
4 : km 0.6 - alt. 156 m - Turn sharp right onto Shepherd's Walk
5 : km 0.89 - alt. 157 m - Turn left onto Southstoke Road
6 : km 0.99 - alt. 160 m - Turn left onto Midford Road, B3110
7 : km 1 - alt. 160 m - Turn right onto Southstoke Lane
8 : km 1.56 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
9 : km 1.6 - alt. 147 m - Turn right
10 : km 1.62 - alt. 147 m - Keep right
11 : km 1.73 - alt. 148 m - Keep left
12 : km 1.82 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
13 : km 2.34 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
14 : km 2.61 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
15 : km 2.63 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
16 : km 3.35 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
17 : km 3.47 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
18 : km 3.51 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
19 : km 4.17 - alt. 85 m - Turn right
20 : km 4.73 - alt. 119 m - Turn left
21 : km 5.07 - alt. 168 m - Turn slight left
22 : km 5.1 - alt. 171 m - Turn slight right onto Combe Hay Lane
23 : km 5.11 - alt. 171 m - Turn right
24 : km 5.88 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
25 : km 6.25 - alt. 174 m - Turn right
26 : km 6.46 - alt. 171 m - Turn right
27 : km 6.77 - alt. 170 m - Turn right
28 : km 6.93 - alt. 167 m - Turn right onto Old Frome Road
29 : km 6.94 - alt. 167 m - Turn left
30 : km 6.96 - alt. 167 m - Turn right onto Frome Road, A3062
31 : km 7.05 - alt. 167 m - Turn right onto Bradford Road, A3062
32 : km 7.07 - alt. 167 m - Turn left onto Bradford Road, A3062
33 : km 8.1 - alt. 165 m - Keep right onto Bradford Road, A3062
34 : km 8.13 - alt. 165 m - Enter roundabout
S/E : km 8.13 - alt. 165 m

Useful Information

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