The Great Loop Atop Loughton And Chingford

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.40 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 115 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 118 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 94 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 41 m
  • ⚐
    District: Loughton 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.644405° / E 0.049598°
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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. 46 m - Start on Park Hill
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Park Hill
  3. 3 : km 0.18 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Upper Park
  4. 4 : km 0.52 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Nursery Road
  5. 5 : km 1.1 - alt. 58 m - Turn left onto Warren Hill
  6. 6 : km 1.1 - alt. 58 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 1.32 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp right
  8. 8 : km 1.38 - alt. 68 m - Keep right
  9. 9 : km 1.69 - alt. 54 m - Turn slight left
  10. 10 : km 1.75 - alt. 53 m - Keep right
  11. 11 : km 1.98 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.02 - alt. 45 m - Keep left onto Main footpath
  13. 13 : km 2.07 - alt. 45 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 2.14 - alt. 45 m - Turn sharp left onto Main footpath
  15. 15 : km 2.14 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Main footpath
  16. 16 : km 2.38 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Main footpath
  17. 17 : km 2.4 - alt. 45 m - Turn slight right onto Main footpath
  18. 18 : km 2.6 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Main footpath
  19. 19 : km 2.78 - alt. 44 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 2.8 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 3.19 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 3.37 - alt. 55 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 3.47 - alt. 48 m - Turn slight right
  24. 24 : km 3.5 - alt. 48 m - Keep right
  25. 25 : km 3.73 - alt. 53 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 4.21 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 4.21 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 5.55 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 6.05 - alt. 60 m - Turn slight left onto Green Ride
  30. 30 : km 6.32 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Main path
  31. 31 : km 7.52 - alt. 68 m - Keep right onto Green Ride
  32. 32 : km 7.66 - alt. 68 m - Keep left onto Green Ride
  33. 33 : km 7.87 - alt. 52 m - Keep right onto Green Ride
  34. 34 : km 9.5 - alt. 66 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 9.83 - alt. 91 m - Keep right
  36. 36 : km 9.99 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Golding's Hill
  37. 37 : km 10.11 - alt. 90 m - Turn right onto Baldwin's Hill
  38. 38 : km 10.96 - alt. 87 m - Keep right onto York Hill
  39. 39 : km 11.1 - alt. 79 m - Turn sharp left onto Pump Hill
  40. 40 : km 11.21 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Queens Road
  41. 41 : km 11.57 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto York Hill
  42. 42 : km 11.57 - alt. 45 m - Turn sharp left onto Staples Road
  43. 43 : km 12.06 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Staples Road
  44. 44 : km 12.07 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp right onto Shaftesbury
  45. 45 : km 12.09 - alt. 43 m - Keep left onto Staples Road
  46. 46 : km 12.25 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp left onto Forest Road
  47. 47 : km 12.25 - alt. 42 m - Turn sharp left onto Smarts Lane
  48. 48 : km 12.39 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Nursery Road
  49. 49 : km 12.88 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Upper Park
  50. 50 : km 13.22 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Park Hill
  51. 51 : km 13.35 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Park Hill
  52. S/E : km 13.4 - alt. 46 m

Useful Information

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