Rat Race Dirty Weekend Virtual

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 21.88 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 98 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 96 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 77 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 39 m
  • ⚐
    District: Stockport 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.425815° / W 2.188929°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 60 m - Start on Saint James Road
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Shaw Road
  3. 3 : km 0.47 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto Heaton Moor Road, B5169
  4. 4 : km 0.48 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Gibsons Road
  5. 5 : km 0.75 - alt. 70 m - Turn sharp left onto Parsonage Road
  6. 6 : km 1.36 - alt. 72 m - Turn slight left onto Ashburn Road
  7. 7 : km 1.76 - alt. 72 m - Turn left onto Bowerfold Lane
  8. 8 : km 1.88 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Bowerfold Lane
  9. 9 : km 2.1 - alt. 69 m - Turn right onto Wellington Road North, A6
  10. 10 : km 2.1 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Trans Pennine Trail
  11. 11 : km 2.1 - alt. 69 m - Turn slight right onto Trans Pennine Trail
  12. 12 : km 2.3 - alt. 74 m - Turn left onto Parsonage Street
  13. 13 : km 2.34 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 2.38 - alt. 77 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 2.42 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Love Lane
  16. 16 : km 2.57 - alt. 76 m - Turn slight left onto Love Lane
  17. 17 : km 2.61 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Dodge Hill
  18. 18 : km 2.62 - alt. 73 m - Turn left onto Gordon Street
  19. 19 : km 2.68 - alt. 70 m - Keep right onto Nicholson Street
  20. 20 : km 2.8 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Lancashire Hill, B6167
  21. 21 : km 2.83 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 2.84 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 3.01 - alt. 45 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 3.01 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight right
  25. 25 : km 3.57 - alt. 42 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 3.62 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 3.74 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 4.97 - alt. 68 m - Keep right
  29. 29 : km 5 - alt. 67 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 5.01 - alt. 66 m - Turn slight right
  31. 31 : km 5.38 - alt. 48 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 5.52 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Welkin Road
  33. 33 : km 5.96 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Stockport Road West, B6104
  34. 34 : km 6.1 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 6.12 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight left
  36. 36 : km 6.14 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 6.2 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight right
  38. 38 : km 6.22 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 6.26 - alt. 49 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 6.3 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 6.32 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 6.37 - alt. 48 m - Turn slight right
  43. 43 : km 6.39 - alt. 49 m - Keep left
  44. 44 : km 6.87 - alt. 46 m - Turn slight right
  45. 45 : km 8.29 - alt. 56 m - Turn slight left
  46. 46 : km 8.32 - alt. 60 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 8.81 - alt. 53 m - Keep left
  48. 48 : km 9.66 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 9.93 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Dark Lane
  50. 50 : km 10.67 - alt. 57 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 11.06 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Otterspool Road, A627
  52. 52 : km 11.18 - alt. 62 m - Turn right onto Vale Road
  53. 53 : km 11.71 - alt. 63 m - Keep right
  54. 54 : km 11.98 - alt. 63 m - Turn slight left
  55. 55 : km 12.51 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Otterspool Road, A627
  56. 56 : km 12.64 - alt. 63 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 13.02 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Mill Lane
  58. 58 : km 15.43 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Osborne Street
  59. 59 : km 15.93 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Stockport Road West, B6104
  60. 60 : km 15.99 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Elm Tree Road
  61. 61 : km 16.08 - alt. 58 m - Keep left onto Elm Tree Road
  62. 62 : km 16.14 - alt. 58 m - Turn left
  63. 63 : km 16.58 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Welkin Road
  64. 64 : km 16.59 - alt. 44 m - Keep left onto Welkin Road
  65. 65 : km 16.67 - alt. 46 m - Turn left
  66. 66 : km 16.81 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 17.18 - alt. 66 m - Keep left
  68. 68 : km 17.38 - alt. 69 m - Keep right
  69. 69 : km 18.18 - alt. 54 m - Keep right
  70. 70 : km 18.45 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  71. 71 : km 18.57 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  72. 72 : km 18.94 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Penny Lane
  73. 73 : km 18.98 - alt. 61 m - Turn right onto Cymbal Court
  74. 74 : km 19.17 - alt. 74 m - Turn right
  75. 75 : km 19.2 - alt. 76 m - Keep right
  76. 76 : km 19.27 - alt. 76 m - Turn left
  77. 77 : km 19.29 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
  78. 78 : km 19.31 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
  79. 79 : km 19.33 - alt. 77 m - Turn slight left onto Manchester Road, A626
  80. 80 : km 20.24 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  81. 81 : km 20.54 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Wellington Road North, A6
  82. 82 : km 20.61 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Langford Road
  83. 83 : km 20.76 - alt. 68 m - Turn right onto Egerton Road South
  84. 84 : km 20.92 - alt. 69 m - Turn sharp left onto Heaton Moor Road, B5169
  85. 85 : km 20.99 - alt. 69 m - Turn sharp right onto Tatton Road North
  86. 86 : km 21.18 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Elms Road
  87. 87 : km 21.44 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto Peel Moat Road
  88. 88 : km 21.6 - alt. 65 m - Keep right onto Saint James Road
  89. 89 : km 21.69 - alt. 63 m - Turn slight left onto Saint James Road
  90. S/E : km 21.88 - alt. 60 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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