Along The Railway Path Broompark And Bearpark

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.85 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 104 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 99 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 120 m
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    Lowest point: 67 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. 79 m - Start on Canterbury Road
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 79 m - Turn left onto Canterbury Road
  3. 3 : km 0.04 - alt. 79 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.19 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Hamsterley Crescent
  5. 5 : km 0.22 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Wolsingham Drive
  6. 6 : km 0.59 - alt. 91 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.98 - alt. 96 m - Keep right
  8. 8 : km 1.14 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight left onto Carr House Drive
  9. 9 : km 1.18 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Bek Road
  10. 10 : km 1.22 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Pit Lane
  11. 11 : km 2.35 - alt. 103 m - Turn slight left onto Front Street
  12. 12 : km 2.36 - alt. 103 m - Keep left onto Front Street
  13. 13 : km 2.41 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Dryburn Park
  14. 14 : km 2.7 - alt. 109 m - Keep left onto Dryburn Park
  15. 15 : km 2.73 - alt. 109 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Whitesmocks, A167
  16. 16 : km 3.71 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Crossgate Moor Gardens
  17. 17 : km 3.72 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Moor Edge
  18. 18 : km 4.15 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Toll House Road
  19. 19 : km 4.17 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Toll House Road
  20. 20 : km 4.48 - alt. 80 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 4.8 - alt. 77 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 4.94 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Lanchester Valley Walk
  23. 23 : km 5.11 - alt. 86 m - Keep right onto Lanchester Valley Walk
  24. 24 : km 5.84 - alt. 87 m - Keep right onto Lanchester Valley Walk
  25. 25 : km 7.16 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 7.47 - alt. 107 m - Turn sharp left onto Durham Road, B6302
  27. 27 : km 7.5 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 7.99 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 8.17 - alt. 119 m - Turn slight left
  30. 30 : km 8.56 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 8.59 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 8.62 - alt. 93 m - Keep left onto Lanchester Valley Walk
  33. 33 : km 9.95 - alt. 92 m - Turn sharp right
  34. 34 : km 10.26 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight left
  35. 35 : km 11.49 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 11.52 - alt. 103 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 12.52 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp left onto Whitesmocks, A167
  38. 38 : km 12.61 - alt. 92 m - Keep right onto Whitesmocks, A167
  39. 39 : km 13.1 - alt. 109 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Dryburn Park
  40. 40 : km 13.44 - alt. 103 m - Keep left onto Dryburn Park
  41. 41 : km 13.46 - alt. 103 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Front Street
  42. 42 : km 13.54 - alt. 103 m - Keep right onto Finchale Road
  43. 43 : km 14.64 - alt. 91 m - Keep right onto Bek Road
  44. 44 : km 14.68 - alt. 92 m - Turn slight right onto Bek Road
  45. 45 : km 15.28 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Wolsingham Drive
  46. 46 : km 15.65 - alt. 86 m - Turn right onto Hamsterley Crescent
  47. 47 : km 15.67 - alt. 84 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 15.83 - alt. 79 m - Turn left onto Canterbury Road
  49. S/E : km 15.85 - alt. 79 m

Useful Information

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