24.4 Km Colchester Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 24.31 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 7h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 47 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 43 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 40 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1 m
  • ⚐
    District: Colchester 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.874016° / E 0.91613°
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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. 26 m - Start on Wetzlar Court
  2. 2 : km 0.43 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.97 - alt. 17 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.98 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto Abbot's Road
  5. 5 : km 1.01 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Old Heath Road
  6. 6 : km 1.31 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Whitehall Road
  7. 7 : km 2.01 - alt. 5 m - Turn right onto Haven Road
  8. 8 : km 2.07 - alt. 5 m - Turn left onto King Edward Quay
  9. 9 : km 2.73 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 2.91 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.92 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.93 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 2.94 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Colne Causeway
  14. 14 : km 2.96 - alt. 4 m - Keep left onto Colne Causeway
  15. 15 : km 3.02 - alt. 3 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Eastern Approach
  16. 16 : km 3.29 - alt. 9 m - Keep right onto Eastern Approach
  17. 17 : km 3.33 - alt. 9 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Elmstead Road
  18. 18 : km 3.38 - alt. 9 m - Turn slight right onto Elmstead Road
  19. 19 : km 3.45 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Greenstead Roundabout
  20. 20 : km 3.53 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight left onto Saint Andrew's Avenue
  21. 21 : km 4.54 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto Saint Andrew's Avenue
  22. 22 : km 4.57 - alt. 19 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto St Andrew's Avenue
  23. 23 : km 4.68 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto St Andrew's Avenue
  24. 24 : km 4.88 - alt. 16 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Cowdray Avenue
  25. 25 : km 5.52 - alt. 6 m - Keep left onto Cowdray Avenue
  26. 26 : km 6.66 - alt. 11 m - Keep left onto Cowdray Avenue
  27. 27 : km 6.68 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 6.69 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 6.73 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 7 - alt. 8 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 7.01 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Colne Bank Avenue
  32. 32 : km 7.02 - alt. 8 m - Keep right
  33. 33 : km 7.07 - alt. 8 m - Keep left
  34. 34 : km 7.09 - alt. 7 m - Turn slight left
  35. 35 : km 8.94 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 8.98 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Cymbeline Way
  37. 37 : km 9.02 - alt. 12 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Cymbeline Way
  38. 38 : km 9.11 - alt. 14 m - Keep right
  39. 39 : km 9.13 - alt. 13 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 9.61 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Cooks Lane
  41. 41 : km 9.62 - alt. 34 m - Turn slight right onto Cymbeline Way
  42. 42 : km 9.65 - alt. 35 m - Keep right onto Cymbeline Way
  43. 43 : km 9.7 - alt. 37 m - Keep right onto London Road
  44. 44 : km 9.97 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Straight Road
  45. 45 : km 9.99 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto London Road
  46. 46 : km 10.37 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto New Farm Road
  47. 47 : km 11.09 - alt. 40 m - Turn sharp left
  48. 48 : km 11.99 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Winstree Road
  49. 49 : km 12.01 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Peartree Road
  50. 50 : km 12.89 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Straight Road
  51. 51 : km 12.9 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left onto Straight Road
  52. 52 : km 13.67 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Shrub End Road
  53. 53 : km 15.1 - alt. 36 m - Keep left onto Shrub End Road
  54. 54 : km 16.19 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Beaconsfield Avenue
  55. 55 : km 16.4 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Butt Road
  56. 56 : km 16.4 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Le Cateau Road
  57. 57 : km 16.44 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
  58. 58 : km 17.09 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  59. 59 : km 17.12 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight right onto Messines Road
  60. 60 : km 17.26 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Messines Road
  61. 61 : km 17.29 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Aisne Road
  62. 62 : km 17.31 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Layer Road
  63. 63 : km 18.78 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Lordswood Road
  64. 64 : km 19.2 - alt. 35 m - Keep right
  65. 65 : km 19.23 - alt. 35 m - Keep right
  66. 66 : km 19.74 - alt. 35 m - Turn sharp left onto Selby Close
  67. 67 : km 19.76 - alt. 35 m - Turn sharp right onto Baronswood Way
  68. 68 : km 19.79 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Berechurch Road
  69. 69 : km 19.81 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  70. 70 : km 19.83 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  71. 71 : km 20.47 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Berechurch Road
  72. 72 : km 20.47 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  73. 73 : km 20.48 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Berechurch Hall Road Cycleway
  74. 74 : km 21.12 - alt. 34 m - Keep right onto Berechurch Hall Road
  75. 75 : km 21.13 - alt. 34 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Berechurch Hall Road
  76. 76 : km 21.37 - alt. 33 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Berechurch Hall Road
  77. 77 : km 21.63 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  78. 78 : km 21.96 - alt. 33 m - Keep left
  79. 79 : km 22.35 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  80. 80 : km 22.85 - alt. 34 m - Turn sharp right
  81. 81 : km 23.02 - alt. 32 m - Turn right
  82. 82 : km 23.26 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Wych Elm
  83. 83 : km 23.31 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto The Willows
  84. 84 : km 23.68 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Mersea Road
  85. 85 : km 23.76 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Abbot's Road
  86. 86 : km 24.03 - alt. 27 m - Turn left
  87. 87 : km 24.04 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
  88. 88 : km 24.07 - alt. 27 m - Turn left
  89. 89 : km 24.3 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Wetzlar Court
  90. S/E : km 24.31 - alt. 25 m

Useful Information

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