At Alban's And Ver Valley

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 18.62 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 123 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 124 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 131 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 78 m
  • ⚐
    District: St Albans 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.769022° / W 0.328904°
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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. 105 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Ellis Fields
  3. 3 : km 0.11 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  4. 4 : km 0.22 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Ellis Fields
  5. 5 : km 0.28 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  6. 6 : km 0.29 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 0.35 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  8. 8 : km 0.53 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Old Harpenden Road
  9. 9 : km 0.69 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Harpenden Road
  10. 10 : km 0.74 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Batchwood Drive
  11. 11 : km 0.77 - alt. 102 m - Turn left onto Batchwood Gardens
  12. 12 : km 0.79 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight left onto Beech Bottom
  13. 13 : km 0.87 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 0.91 - alt. 106 m - Keep right
  15. 15 : km 1.41 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Waverley Road
  16. 16 : km 1.51 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Palfrey Close
  17. 17 : km 1.59 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 1.68 - alt. 115 m - Keep right
  19. 19 : km 1.76 - alt. 117 m - Turn slight left onto Bernard Street
  20. 20 : km 2 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto Catherine Street
  21. 21 : km 2.09 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Gombards
  22. 22 : km 2.43 - alt. 106 m - Turn right onto Britton Avenue
  23. 23 : km 2.43 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Verulam Road
  24. 24 : km 2.7 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Waxhouse Gate
  25. 25 : km 2.8 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 2.83 - alt. 103 m - Turn slight right onto Waxhouse Gate
  27. 27 : km 2.86 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 2.88 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Sumpter Yard
  29. 29 : km 2.93 - alt. 101 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 2.99 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 3.31 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 3.35 - alt. 80 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 3.37 - alt. 79 m - Keep right
  34. 34 : km 3.6 - alt. 80 m - Turn slight right onto Verulamium Park cycle path- Causeway
  35. 35 : km 3.69 - alt. 84 m - Keep right
  36. 36 : km 4.27 - alt. 106 m - Turn slight left
  37. 37 : km 4.4 - alt. 112 m - Turn sharp right
  38. 38 : km 4.59 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 4.77 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 4.98 - alt. 113 m - Turn slight left
  41. 41 : km 4.98 - alt. 114 m - Turn right onto King Harry Lane
  42. 42 : km 5.06 - alt. 114 m - Keep left onto King Harry Lane
  43. 43 : km 5.09 - alt. 115 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Hemel Hempstead Road
  44. 44 : km 5.28 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 7.25 - alt. 99 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 9.95 - alt. 84 m - Turn sharp right onto Gorhambury Drive
  47. 47 : km 11.22 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Bluehouse Hill
  48. 48 : km 11.67 - alt. 88 m - Keep left onto Bluehouse Hill
  49. 49 : km 11.7 - alt. 89 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Batchwood Drive
  50. 50 : km 11.78 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 12.4 - alt. 109 m - Turn left
  52. 52 : km 14.97 - alt. 126 m - Turn right onto School Lane
  53. 53 : km 15.35 - alt. 120 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 15.65 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 16.85 - alt. 127 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 16.87 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto Toulmin Drive
  57. 57 : km 17.13 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto High Oaks
  58. 58 : km 17.59 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Green Lane
  59. 59 : km 17.9 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto Harpenden Road
  60. 60 : km 17.91 - alt. 113 m - Keep left onto Old Harpenden Road
  61. 61 : km 18.12 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  62. 62 : km 18.29 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  63. 63 : km 18.36 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  64. 64 : km 18.37 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Ellis Fields
  65. 65 : km 18.42 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Ellis Fields
  66. 66 : km 18.53 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Ellis Fields
  67. 67 : km 18.58 - alt. 106 m - Turn left
  68. S/E : km 18.62 - alt. 106 m

Useful Information

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