St Albans Greenaway Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.96 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 59 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 63 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 124 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 76 m
  • ⚐
    District: St Albans 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.756827° / W 0.340623°
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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. 111 m - Start on Normandy Road
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Ashwell Street
  3. 3 : km 0.11 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Cannon Street
  4. 4 : km 0.23 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Folly Lane, A4147
  5. 5 : km 0.7 - alt. 89 m - Turn slight right onto Verulam Road, A5183
  6. 6 : km 0.75 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Branch Road
  7. 7 : km 1.02 - alt. 80 m - Turn sharp left onto Fishpool Street
  8. 8 : km 1.31 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 1.35 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 1.4 - alt. 86 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 1.45 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 2.24 - alt. 80 m - Keep left
  13. 13 : km 2.3 - alt. 78 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 2.33 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 2.34 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 2.4 - alt. 78 m - Turn slight left onto Mud Lane
  17. 17 : km 2.7 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Holywell Hill, A5183
  18. 18 : km 2.73 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Prospect Road
  19. 19 : km 2.74 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Holywell Hill, A5183
  20. 20 : km 2.91 - alt. 79 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Griffiths Way
  21. 21 : km 3.05 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp right onto Griffiths Way
  22. 22 : km 3.07 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp left
  23. 23 : km 3.09 - alt. 82 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 3.11 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Griffiths Way
  25. 25 : km 3.45 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 3.46 - alt. 81 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 3.6 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 3.65 - alt. 80 m - Turn slight right
  29. 29 : km 3.68 - alt. 81 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 3.69 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 3.76 - alt. 79 m - Turn right onto Alban Way
  32. 32 : km 5.24 - alt. 89 m - Keep left onto St Albans-Hatfield Branch Line
  33. 33 : km 5.93 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Sutton Road
  34. 34 : km 6.05 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Hatfield Road, A1057
  35. 35 : km 6.13 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Woodstock Road South
  36. 36 : km 6.65 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Jennings Road
  37. 37 : km 7.28 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Clarence Road
  38. 38 : km 7.28 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Jennings Road
  39. 39 : km 7.62 - alt. 113 m - Turn sharp left onto Lemsford Road
  40. 40 : km 7.78 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Sandpit Lane
  41. 41 : km 7.99 - alt. 123 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 8.01 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  43. 43 : km 8.03 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 8.04 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto Sandpit Lane
  45. 45 : km 8.1 - alt. 124 m - Turn right onto Heath Road
  46. 46 : km 8.31 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Boundary Road
  47. 47 : km 8.46 - alt. 124 m - Turn left onto Sandridge Road, B651
  48. 48 : km 8.47 - alt. 124 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 8.64 - alt. 124 m - Keep right
  50. 50 : km 8.82 - alt. 121 m - Turn sharp left onto Heath Farm Lane
  51. 51 : km 8.83 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Harpenden Road, A1081
  52. 52 : km 8.9 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 9.35 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 9.63 - alt. 99 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 9.81 - alt. 97 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 10.1 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Everlasting Lane
  57. 57 : km 10.1 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Everlasting Lane
  58. 58 : km 10.27 - alt. 96 m - Turn sharp right onto Waverley Road
  59. 59 : km 10.28 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Ladies Grove
  60. 60 : km 10.65 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Links View
  61. 61 : km 10.66 - alt. 90 m - Turn right onto Ladies Grove
  62. 62 : km 10.99 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Downedge
  63. 63 : km 11.06 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto Oysterfields
  64. 64 : km 11.1 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Redbourn Road, A5183
  65. 65 : km 11.23 - alt. 89 m - Keep left onto Folly Lane, A4147
  66. 66 : km 11.7 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Cannon Street
  67. 67 : km 11.88 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Folly Avenue
  68. 68 : km 11.95 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Normandy Road
  69. S/E : km 11.95 - alt. 108 m

Useful Information

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