GREAT KNOWLEY LOOP

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.57 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 108 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 110 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 206 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 90 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. 112 m - Start on Blackburn Road, B6228
  2. 2 : km 0.13 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.33 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 1.26 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 1.66 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp left onto Heapey Road
  6. 6 : km 1.92 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Higher House Lane
  7. 7 : km 2.17 - alt. 116 m - Turn sharp left
  8. 8 : km 2.79 - alt. 122 m - Keep right
  9. 9 : km 2.84 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 3.18 - alt. 124 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 3.44 - alt. 124 m - Turn right onto Coppice Lane
  12. 12 : km 3.49 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight left onto Coppice Lane
  13. 13 : km 3.63 - alt. 132 m - Keep left onto Coppice Lane
  14. 14 : km 3.94 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 4.09 - alt. 148 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 5.28 - alt. 143 m - Turn right onto Moor Road
  17. 17 : km 5.56 - alt. 162 m - Keep right
  18. 18 : km 5.8 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Heapey Fold Lane
  19. 19 : km 5.87 - alt. 186 m - Keep right
  20. 20 : km 6.16 - alt. 197 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 6.21 - alt. 195 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 6.43 - alt. 202 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 6.69 - alt. 165 m - Turn slight right
  24. 24 : km 6.69 - alt. 165 m - Turn sharp left
  25. 25 : km 7.59 - alt. 91 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 7.69 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Bagganley Lane
  27. 27 : km 8.25 - alt. 95 m - Turn slight left onto Knowley Brow
  28. 28 : km 8.28 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Blackburn Brow, B6228
  29. 29 : km 8.32 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 8.4 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp right
  31. 31 : km 8.43 - alt. 92 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 8.54 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 8.57 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp right
  34. 34 : km 9.49 - alt. 94 m - Keep right
  35. 35 : km 9.53 - alt. 95 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Millennium Way, A674
  36. 36 : km 9.93 - alt. 99 m - Keep left onto Millennium Way, A674
  37. 37 : km 10.18 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 10.32 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 10.39 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight right onto Blackburn Road, B6228
  40. S/E : km 10.57 - alt. 112 m

Useful Information

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