12.5 Matt's Hill Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 20.20 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 183 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 179 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 133 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 44 m
  • ⚐
    District: Medway 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.372975° / E 0.557954°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 80 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 81 m - Turn right onto Watling Street, A2
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Beechwood Avenue
  4. 4 : km 0.46 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Hunters Way West
  5. 5 : km 0.49 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Kingsway
  6. 6 : km 0.58 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Kingsway
  7. 7 : km 0.83 - alt. 96 m - Turn slight right onto Hunters Way West
  8. 8 : km 1.45 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Star Lane
  9. 9 : km 2.28 - alt. 59 m - Turn slight left onto Star Lane
  10. 10 : km 4.12 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Kingsdown Close
  11. 11 : km 4.77 - alt. 124 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 5.17 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Maidstone Road
  13. 13 : km 5.44 - alt. 126 m - Turn left onto Kemsley Street Road
  14. 14 : km 7.65 - alt. 118 m - Turn sharp right onto Matt's Hill Lane
  15. 15 : km 9.07 - alt. 87 m - Keep left onto Yaugher Lane
  16. 16 : km 10.47 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Meresborough Lane
  17. 17 : km 11.96 - alt. 67 m - Turn sharp left onto Meresborough Road
  18. 18 : km 12.98 - alt. 116 m - Turn right onto Mierscourt Road
  19. 19 : km 13.21 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Tyler Drive
  20. 20 : km 13.55 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Deanwood Drive
  21. 21 : km 14.97 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Wigmore Road
  22. 22 : km 15.63 - alt. 122 m - Turn slight right onto Wigmore Road
  23. 23 : km 16.32 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Fairview Avenue
  24. 24 : km 17.47 - alt. 104 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 17.5 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 17.5 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Hoath Lane
  27. 27 : km 17.52 - alt. 104 m - Keep right onto Hoath Lane
  28. 28 : km 17.56 - alt. 103 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Hoath Way
  29. 29 : km 17.67 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  30. 30 : km 18.28 - alt. 91 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ambley Road
  31. 31 : km 18.4 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Saracen Close
  32. 32 : km 18.56 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 18.65 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Sabre Court
  34. 34 : km 18.66 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Valentine Close
  35. 35 : km 18.77 - alt. 89 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Grosvenor Road
  36. 36 : km 18.87 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 18.88 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Grosvenor Road
  38. 38 : km 19.08 - alt. 91 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Academy Drive
  39. 39 : km 19.23 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Yeoman Drive
  40. 40 : km 19.37 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 19.5 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp right onto Darland Avenue
  42. 42 : km 19.96 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto Watling Street, A2
  43. S/E : km 20.2 - alt. 81 m

Useful Information

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