Portobello 18.5km

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.55 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 81 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 81 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 78 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.962406° / W 3.180694°
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Description

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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/E : km 0 - alt. 23 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto Shrubhill Walk
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.72 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Springfield Street
  5. 5 : km 0.73 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Leith Walk, A900
  6. 6 : km 1.1 - alt. 10 m - Turn slight left onto Leith Walk, A900
  7. 7 : km 1.13 - alt. 10 m - Turn slight right onto Constitution Street, A900
  8. 8 : km 1.23 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Laurie Street
  9. 9 : km 1.3 - alt. 10 m - Keep left
  10. 10 : km 1.46 - alt. 9 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 1.47 - alt. 9 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 1.74 - alt. 8 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 1.76 - alt. 8 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 1.76 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Links Gardens
  15. 15 : km 1.86 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Links Gardens
  16. 16 : km 1.9 - alt. 8 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 1.9 - alt. 8 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 2.32 - alt. 8 m - Keep left onto Restalrig Railway Path
  19. 19 : km 2.84 - alt. 9 m - Keep left
  20. 20 : km 2.93 - alt. 8 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 2.97 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Seafield Street
  22. 22 : km 3.02 - alt. 7 m - Turn right onto Seafield Road, A199
  23. 23 : km 3.91 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Promenade
  24. 24 : km 6.97 - alt. 7 m - Turn left onto Joppa Road, B6415
  25. 25 : km 9.38 - alt. 34 m - Keep right onto Milton Road East, A199
  26. 26 : km 9.58 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 9.59 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 9.6 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Magdalene Drive
  29. 29 : km 9.62 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight left onto Magdalene Drive
  30. 30 : km 10.15 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 10.23 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 10.28 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Magdalene Gardens
  33. 33 : km 10.5 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight right onto Innocent Cycle Path
  34. 34 : km 10.9 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 10.95 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  36. 36 : km 11.18 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 11.25 - alt. 36 m - Keep right onto Innocent Cycle Path
  38. 38 : km 14.48 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 14.49 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto East Parkside
  40. 40 : km 14.56 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto East Parkside
  41. 41 : km 14.61 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 14.62 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 14.63 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 14.66 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto St Leonard's Bank
  45. 45 : km 14.84 - alt. 74 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 14.85 - alt. 73 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 15.27 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 15.34 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 15.36 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 15.38 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 15.61 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight right
  52. 52 : km 15.92 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 15.92 - alt. 35 m - Turn sharp right onto Queen's Drive
  54. 54 : km 15.98 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 16.03 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 16.48 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Abbeyhill
  57. 57 : km 16.48 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 16.51 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Abbey Mount
  59. 59 : km 16.63 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto Carlton Terrace Brae
  60. 60 : km 16.67 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  61. 61 : km 16.71 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 16.79 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight left
  63. 63 : km 16.82 - alt. 45 m - Keep right
  64. 64 : km 16.85 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  65. 65 : km 16.88 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  66. 66 : km 17.07 - alt. 38 m - Keep left
  67. 67 : km 17.36 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Leopold Place, B1350
  68. 68 : km 17.36 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Windsor Street
  69. 69 : km 17.54 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Montgomery Street
  70. 70 : km 17.61 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Brunswick Street
  71. 71 : km 17.93 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Montgomery Street
  72. 72 : km 18.03 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto West Montgomery Place
  73. 73 : km 18.14 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Brunswick Road
  74. 74 : km 18.3 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Leith Walk, A900
  75. 75 : km 18.4 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  76. 76 : km 18.41 - alt. 24 m - Turn right onto Leith Walk, A900
  77. 77 : km 18.45 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Shrubhill Walk
  78. 78 : km 18.51 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
  79. S/E : km 18.55 - alt. 23 m

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