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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 11.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 140 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 136 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 96 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 36 m
  • ⚐
    District: Yeovil 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.937337° / W 2.635662°
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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. 40 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.14 - alt. 37 m - Enter roundabout
  3. 3 : km 0.91 - alt. 79 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto West Coker Road
  4. 4 : km 1.29 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Forest Hill
  5. 5 : km 1.8 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Lysander Road
  6. 6 : km 2.35 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Plantagenet Chase
  7. 7 : km 2.55 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Lime Tree Avenue
  8. 8 : km 3.08 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Forest Hill
  9. 9 : km 3.4 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto West Coker Road
  10. 10 : km 4.38 - alt. 87 m - Keep right onto West Coker Road
  11. 11 : km 4.42 - alt. 86 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Watercombe Lane
  12. 12 : km 4.97 - alt. 51 m - Keep right onto A3088
  13. 13 : km 5.07 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight left onto A3088
  14. 14 : km 5.07 - alt. 49 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 5.08 - alt. 49 m - Turn sharp left onto Lysander Road
  16. 16 : km 5.09 - alt. 49 m - Keep right onto Watercombe Lane
  17. 17 : km 5.11 - alt. 49 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 5.18 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto Lysander Road
  19. 19 : km 5.92 - alt. 42 m - Keep left onto Lysander Road
  20. 20 : km 5.96 - alt. 41 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 6.03 - alt. 42 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 6.03 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 6.04 - alt. 42 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 6.06 - alt. 43 m - Turn slight right onto Forest Hill
  25. 25 : km 6.25 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Lime Tree Avenue
  26. 26 : km 6.78 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Plantagenet Chase
  27. 27 : km 6.97 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 7.04 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Plantagenet Chase
  29. 29 : km 7.05 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Lysander Road
  30. 30 : km 7.28 - alt. 46 m - Keep left onto Lysander Road
  31. 31 : km 7.37 - alt. 48 m - Keep right onto Lysander Road
  32. 32 : km 7.44 - alt. 49 m - Keep right onto Lysander Road
  33. 33 : km 7.45 - alt. 49 m - Turn sharp right
  34. 34 : km 7.46 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto A3088
  35. 35 : km 7.47 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight right onto A3088
  36. 36 : km 8.06 - alt. 85 m - Keep right onto Watercombe Lane
  37. 37 : km 8.09 - alt. 85 m - Enter roundabout
  38. 38 : km 8.12 - alt. 86 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto West Coker Road
  39. 39 : km 9.18 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Forest Hill
  40. 40 : km 9.69 - alt. 43 m - Keep right
  41. 41 : km 9.7 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Lysander Road
  42. 42 : km 9.98 - alt. 39 m - Keep left onto Lysander Road
  43. 43 : km 10.28 - alt. 37 m - Keep right onto Lysander Road
  44. 44 : km 10.3 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 10.31 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 10.5 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 10.54 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 10.7 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 10.7 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Lysander Way
  50. 50 : km 10.77 - alt. 36 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Brunswick Street
  51. S/E : km 11 - alt. 44 m

Useful Information

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