Bed-Lea

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 31.22 km
Calculated time: 9h 30
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: No
Vertical gain: + 189 m
Vertical drop: - 101 m
Highest point: 160 m
Lowest point: 26 m

District: Bedford
Start: N 52.137509° / W 0.479132°
End: N 51.898984° / W 0.446618°
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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

S : km 0 - alt. 28 m - Start on Ashburnham Road, A5141
2 : km 0.33 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Midland Road, A5141
3 : km 1.05 - alt. 27 m - Turn right onto Cauldwell Street, A5141
4 : km 1.21 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Britannia Road, A5141
5 : km 1.49 - alt. 27 m - Turn right onto Ampthill Road, A5141
6 : km 3.1 - alt. 35 m - Keep right onto Ampthill Road
7 : km 3.16 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight right onto Ampthill Road, B530
8 : km 3.41 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
9 : km 3.79 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Ampthill Road, B530
10 : km 3.8 - alt. 29 m - Keep left onto Ampthill Road, B530
11 : km 3.83 - alt. 30 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto B530
12 : km 6.64 - alt. 36 m - Keep left onto Bedford Road, B530
13 : km 6.66 - alt. 36 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Bedford Road, B530
14 : km 7.22 - alt. 35 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ampthill Road, B530
15 : km 13.02 - alt. 97 m - Turn right onto Dunstable Street
16 : km 14.78 - alt. 66 m - Keep left onto Flitwick Road
17 : km 14.8 - alt. 67 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Ampthill Road, A5120
18 : km 15.8 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto The Thinnings
19 : km 15.89 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
20 : km 16.14 - alt. 73 m - Turn right
21 : km 16.17 - alt. 73 m - Turn left onto Beaumont Road
22 : km 16.34 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Steppingley Road
23 : km 16.76 - alt. 78 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Dunstable Road, A5120
24 : km 21.01 - alt. 77 m - Turn left
25 : km 21.94 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Toddington Road
26 : km 22.16 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
27 : km 22.23 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
28 : km 22.35 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
29 : km 22.41 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Toddington Road
30 : km 22.47 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
31 : km 22.8 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight right onto Pilgrims Close
32 : km 22.86 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Pilgrims Close
33 : km 22.97 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
34 : km 23.79 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
35 : km 24.24 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
36 : km 25.16 - alt. 140 m - Turn slight right
37 : km 25.82 - alt. 156 m - Turn right onto Harlington Road
38 : km 25.98 - alt. 158 m - Turn left onto Church Road
39 : km 27.03 - alt. 133 m - Keep left onto Sundon Park Road
40 : km 27.91 - alt. 125 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Sundon Park Road
41 : km 29.93 - alt. 114 m - Keep left onto Sundon Park Road
42 : km 29.97 - alt. 115 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Marsh Road, B579
E : km 31.22 - alt. 125 m

Useful Information

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Ouse Valley Way - Bedford to St Neots

Departure from Bedford

A riverside walk along the Ouse Valley Way between Bedford and St Neots.
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Departure from Oakley (Bedford)

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Departure from Ampthill (Central Bedfordshire)

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