Ainsley Park 6.8 (castle Run)

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.91 km
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    Calculated time: 3h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 90 m
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    Vertical drop: - 95 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 101 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 10 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.970862° / W 3.22998°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 37 m - Start on Ferry Road Path
  2. 2 : km 3.6 - alt. 48 m - Keep right onto Roseburn Path
  3. 3 : km 3.83 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Roseburn Path
  4. 4 : km 3.86 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Balbirnie Place
  5. 5 : km 4.08 - alt. 49 m - Turn sharp right onto Balbirnie Place
  6. 6 : km 4.24 - alt. 53 m - Turn slight right onto Haymarket Yards
  7. 7 : km 4.5 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Haymarket Terrace, A8
  8. 8 : km 4.71 - alt. 57 m - Keep left onto Haymarket, A8
  9. 9 : km 5.03 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Shandwick Place
  10. 10 : km 5.04 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Atholl Crescent
  11. 11 : km 5.24 - alt. 60 m - Turn slight right onto Shandwick Place
  12. 12 : km 5.25 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Canning Street
  13. 13 : km 5.29 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Rutland Square
  14. 14 : km 5.42 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 5.47 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
  16. 16 : km 5.53 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Conference Square
  17. 17 : km 5.59 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 5.64 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 5.72 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 5.75 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 5.77 - alt. 67 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 5.79 - alt. 68 m - Keep right onto Grindlay Street
  23. 23 : km 5.87 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Grindlay Street
  24. 24 : km 5.96 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Spittal Street
  25. 25 : km 6.46 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Castle Wynd North
  26. 26 : km 6.52 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Castlehill
  27. 27 : km 6.52 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Esplanade
  28. 28 : km 6.53 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Castlehill
  29. 29 : km 6.57 - alt. 98 m - Turn left onto Ramsay Lane
  30. 30 : km 6.75 - alt. 79 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 6.75 - alt. 79 m - Turn right onto Mound Place
  32. 32 : km 6.76 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto The Mound
  33. 33 : km 7.21 - alt. 67 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Hanover Street
  34. 34 : km 8.28 - alt. 11 m - Keep left onto Brandon Terrace
  35. 35 : km 8.32 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 8.32 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 8.35 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Canonmills Bridge, B901
  38. 38 : km 9.44 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Ferry Road, A902
  39. 39 : km 9.6 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Wardie Road
  40. 40 : km 9.78 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Ferry Road Path
  41. S/E : km 10.91 - alt. 37 m

Useful Information

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