10.5 Easy

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.03 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 154 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 150 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 111 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 34 m
  • ⚐
    District: Brympton 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 50.951835° / W 2.658038°
  • ⚑
    End: N 50.956136° / W 2.661509°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
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

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 91 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.22 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Greenwood Road
  3. 3 : km 0.59 - alt. 92 m - Turn sharp right onto Wessex Road
  4. 4 : km 1.25 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Coronation Avenue
  5. 5 : km 1.52 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto Stiby Road
  6. 6 : km 1.95 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Ilchester Road, A37
  7. 7 : km 2.07 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Marsh Lane
  8. 8 : km 2.1 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Marsh Lane
  9. 9 : km 2.68 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Combe Street Lane
  10. 10 : km 3.35 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Mudford Road, A359
  11. 11 : km 4.32 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Lyde Road
  12. 12 : km 5.51 - alt. 51 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Lyde Road
  13. 13 : km 5.94 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Belvedere Road
  14. 14 : km 6.04 - alt. 54 m - Keep left
  15. 15 : km 6.06 - alt. 54 m - Turn right onto Oxford Road
  16. 16 : km 6.25 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Lyde Lane
  17. 17 : km 6.34 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Buckland Road
  18. 18 : km 6.93 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Lyde Road
  19. 19 : km 7.38 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Great Western Terrace
  20. 20 : km 7.39 - alt. 43 m - Turn sharp left
  21. 21 : km 7.88 - alt. 42 m - Keep right onto Sherborne Road, A30
  22. 22 : km 8.06 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Wyndham Street
  23. 23 : km 8.07 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Reckleford, A30
  24. 24 : km 8.74 - alt. 55 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kingston, A37
  25. 25 : km 9.07 - alt. 63 m - Enter roundabout
  26. 26 : km 9.32 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto The Park
  27. 27 : km 9.53 - alt. 62 m - Turn sharp right onto West Park
  28. 28 : km 9.77 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Grove Avenue
  29. 29 : km 10.04 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Preston Grove
  30. 30 : km 10.09 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto West Street
  31. 31 : km 10.52 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto West Hendford
  32. 32 : km 10.54 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Horsey Lane
  33. 33 : km 10.67 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Yarn Barton
  34. 34 : km 10.68 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 10.72 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp right
  36. 36 : km 10.74 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 10.77 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 10.86 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto A30
  39. 39 : km 11.52 - alt. 79 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto West Coker Road, A30
  40. 40 : km 12.88 - alt. 87 m - Keep right onto West Coker Road, A30
  41. 41 : km 12.92 - alt. 86 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Watercombe Lane, A3088
  42. 42 : km 13.58 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Western Relief Road, A3088
  43. 43 : km 14.31 - alt. 52 m - Keep right onto Western Relief Road, A3088
  44. 44 : km 14.37 - alt. 54 m - At roundabout, take exit 3
  45. 45 : km 14.72 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 14.74 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Bunford Lane
  47. 47 : km 14.75 - alt. 65 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bunford Lane
  48. 48 : km 15 - alt. 68 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Western Avenue
  49. 49 : km 15.23 - alt. 75 m - Enter roundabout
  50. 50 : km 16.21 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Thorne Lane
  51. 51 : km 17.01 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  52. E : km 17.03 - alt. 87 m

Useful Information

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