18.4 Miles Whipsnade Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 29.68 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 382 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 373 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 237 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 92 m
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Description

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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. 118 m - Start on Wellcroft
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto Wellcroft
  3. 3 : km 1.97 - alt. 101 m - Keep left
  4. 4 : km 4.81 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Summerleys
  5. 5 : km 5.3 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 5.6 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight right onto The Meads
  7. 7 : km 5.82 - alt. 95 m - Turn sharp left onto High Street
  8. 8 : km 5.82 - alt. 95 m - Turn sharp right onto School Lane
  9. 9 : km 6.06 - alt. 99 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 6.36 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto BW4
  11. 11 : km 6.59 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto BW6
  12. 12 : km 7.42 - alt. 98 m - Turn slight left onto Chapel Lane
  13. 13 : km 7.61 - alt. 114 m - Turn right onto Castle Hill Road
  14. 14 : km 7.64 - alt. 114 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 7.79 - alt. 150 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 7.93 - alt. 149 m - Keep right
  17. 17 : km 7.97 - alt. 142 m - Keep left
  18. 18 : km 8.12 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto BOAT 1
  19. 19 : km 8.28 - alt. 110 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 8.58 - alt. 99 m - Turn sharp left
  21. 21 : km 8.68 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Knolls View
  22. 22 : km 8.87 - alt. 95 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 9.07 - alt. 101 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 10.49 - alt. 119 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 10.68 - alt. 136 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 10.8 - alt. 143 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 11.57 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Green Lane
  28. 28 : km 12.73 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 12.76 - alt. 165 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Whipsnade Road
  30. 30 : km 12.8 - alt. 167 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 12.81 - alt. 167 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 13.01 - alt. 180 m - Turn slight left
  33. 33 : km 13.02 - alt. 180 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 13.8 - alt. 213 m - Keep left
  35. 35 : km 14.15 - alt. 220 m - Keep right
  36. 36 : km 14.44 - alt. 228 m - Turn slight right
  37. 37 : km 14.48 - alt. 230 m - Turn slight right
  38. 38 : km 14.73 - alt. 235 m - Turn slight right
  39. 39 : km 14.76 - alt. 234 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 15.23 - alt. 235 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 15.77 - alt. 232 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 15.94 - alt. 228 m - Keep left
  43. 43 : km 16.58 - alt. 213 m - Turn right onto Bushey Close
  44. 44 : km 16.79 - alt. 204 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 17.44 - alt. 190 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 18.86 - alt. 190 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 19.07 - alt. 188 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 20.59 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Studham Lane
  49. 49 : km 20.69 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 21.13 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Main Road South
  51. 51 : km 21.41 - alt. 135 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main Road North
  52. 52 : km 21.89 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp left onto Hog Hall Lane
  53. 53 : km 23.81 - alt. 230 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 24.93 - alt. 170 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 25.02 - alt. 173 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 25.09 - alt. 173 m - Turn left
  57. 57 : km 25.15 - alt. 173 m - Turn slight left
  58. 58 : km 25.65 - alt. 204 m - Turn left
  59. 59 : km 25.66 - alt. 205 m - Turn slight left
  60. 60 : km 25.67 - alt. 205 m - Turn right
  61. 61 : km 25.7 - alt. 206 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 26.04 - alt. 175 m - Turn slight left
  63. 63 : km 26.29 - alt. 169 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 27.32 - alt. 231 m - Turn right
  65. 65 : km 27.43 - alt. 227 m - Turn slight right
  66. 66 : km 27.88 - alt. 186 m - Turn left
  67. 67 : km 29.16 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto B488
  68. 68 : km 29.55 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Vicarage Lane
  69. S/E : km 29.68 - alt. 118 m

Useful Information

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