Nightingale Wood 6.6m

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.64 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 05 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 8 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 8 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 104 m
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    Lowest point: 90 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 98 m - Start on Sywell Road
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.09 - alt. 98 m - Turn left onto Glevum Road
  4. 4 : km 0.2 - alt. 99 m - Turn right onto Trajan Road
  5. 5 : km 0.28 - alt. 99 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.33 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Wanborough Road
  7. 7 : km 0.54 - alt. 102 m - Keep right
  8. 8 : km 1.25 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto A420
  9. 9 : km 1.31 - alt. 103 m - At roundabout, take exit 2
  10. 10 : km 1.37 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 1.38 - alt. 103 m - Turn sharp left
  12. 12 : km 1.48 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Thornhill Road
  13. 13 : km 1.73 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 2 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 2.8 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Old Vicarage Lane
  16. 16 : km 3.2 - alt. 91 m - Turn left onto Rowborough Lane
  17. 17 : km 4.59 - alt. 92 m - Keep right
  18. 18 : km 4.72 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  19. 19 : km 4.94 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight right onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  20. 20 : km 5.22 - alt. 95 m - Turn slight left onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  21. 21 : km 6.05 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Wood
  22. 22 : km 6.12 - alt. 97 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Wood
  23. 23 : km 6.46 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Nightingale Lane
  24. 24 : km 7.37 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Old Vicarage Lane
  25. 25 : km 7.58 - alt. 93 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 7.76 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Highworth Road
  27. 27 : km 8.9 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 8.92 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp right onto Thornhill Road
  29. 29 : km 9.15 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Thornhill Road
  30. 30 : km 9.26 - alt. 103 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 9.3 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A420
  32. 32 : km 9.39 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 9.58 - alt. 102 m - Keep left
  34. 34 : km 10.09 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight left onto Wanborough Road
  35. 35 : km 10.31 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 10.36 - alt. 99 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 10.44 - alt. 99 m - Turn left onto Glevum Road
  38. 38 : km 10.54 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 10.62 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Sywell Road
  40. S/E : km 10.64 - alt. 98 m

Useful Information

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