Whalley Abbey To Blackburn Cathedral

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.98 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 169 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 106 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 140 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 42 m
  • ⚐
    District: Whalley 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 53.820339° / W 2.409524°
  • ⚑
    End: N 53.747235° / W 2.480878°
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Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 45 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.17 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.46 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp right onto King Street
  5. 5 : km 0.6 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Moor Lane
  6. 6 : km 0.68 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 1.5 - alt. 126 m - Keep left
  8. 8 : km 1.55 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.25 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left
  10. 10 : km 2.59 - alt. 79 m - Keep right
  11. 11 : km 3.55 - alt. 110 m - Keep right
  12. 12 : km 3.82 - alt. 125 m - Keep left onto Church Lane
  13. 13 : km 4.24 - alt. 137 m - Turn left onto Cliffe Lane
  14. 14 : km 4.25 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Church Street
  15. 15 : km 4.7 - alt. 119 m - Turn slight right onto Blackburn Road
  16. 16 : km 6.8 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 6.84 - alt. 128 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 11.05 - alt. 127 m - Keep right
  19. 19 : km 11.08 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Gorse Street
  20. 20 : km 11.15 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 11.28 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 11.34 - alt. 131 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 11.5 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 11.52 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 11.62 - alt. 132 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 11.71 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Hill Street
  27. 27 : km 11.88 - alt. 132 m - Turn left onto Coddington Street
  28. 28 : km 11.93 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Harwood Street
  29. 29 : km 12.23 - alt. 129 m - Turn sharp left
  30. 30 : km 12.26 - alt. 128 m - Turn sharp right
  31. 31 : km 13.19 - alt. 128 m - Keep right onto Eanam Wharf
  32. 32 : km 13.32 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 13.33 - alt. 126 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 13.38 - alt. 126 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 13.41 - alt. 124 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 13.42 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto Eanam Old Road
  37. 37 : km 13.49 - alt. 116 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 13.89 - alt. 108 m - Keep right
  39. 39 : km 13.95 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  40. E : km 13.98 - alt. 108 m

Useful Information

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