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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.14 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 44 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 41 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 75 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 39 m
  • ⚐
    District: Maidstone 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.2677° / E 0.53449°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 39 m - Start near 2 Willow Way, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7RJ, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 39 m - Walk south on Willow Way towards Lower Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.07 - alt. 42 m - Continue straight onto Lower Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.17 - alt. 47 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto W park Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.7 - alt. 63 m - Walk south-east towards S Park Rd
  6. 6 : km 0.72 - alt. 63 m - Exit the roundabout onto S Park Rd
  7. 7 : km 0.8 - alt. 63 m - Turn right to stay on S Park Rd
  8. 8 : km 0.88 - alt. 63 m - Walk south towards Plains Ave
  9. 9 : km 0.95 - alt. 62 m - Walk west on Plains Ave towards Marion Cres
  10. 10 : km 1.08 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Marion Cres
  11. 11 : km 1.18 - alt. 64 m - Walk south on Marion Cres towards Cranborne Ave
  12. 12 : km 1.38 - alt. 66 m - Walk south-east on Marion Cres
  13. 13 : km 1.75 - alt. 74 m - Walk south towards Hampshire Dr
  14. 14 : km 1.79 - alt. 74 m - Exit the roundabout onto Hampshire Dr
  15. 15 : km 1.98 - alt. 75 m - Walk north on Norfolk Rd towards Lincoln Rd
  16. 16 : km 2.24 - alt. 72 m - Walk north on Cumberland Ave towards Kent Ave
  17. 17 : km 2.39 - alt. 67 m - Turn right to stay on Cumberland Ave
  18. 18 : km 2.54 - alt. 68 m - Walk north-east on Suffolk Rd towards Gloucester Rd
  19. 19 : km 2.78 - alt. 63 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Oxford Rd
  20. 20 : km 2.91 - alt. 59 m - Walk north on Oxford Rd towards Durham Cl
  21. 21 : km 3.11 - alt. 58 m - Walk east on Oxford Rd
  22. 22 : km 3.11 - alt. 58 m - Sharp left towards Claygate
  23. 23 : km 3.22 - alt. 54 m - Continue onto Claygate
  24. 24 : km 3.38 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 3.41 - alt. 54 m - Walk south towards Plains Ave
  26. 26 : km 3.47 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Plains Ave
  27. 27 : km 3.71 - alt. 56 m - Walk north-west towards S Park Rd
  28. 28 : km 3.73 - alt. 56 m - Exit the roundabout onto S Park Rd
  29. 29 : km 4.21 - alt. 61 m - Walk west on S Park Rd towards York Rd
  30. 30 : km 4.38 - alt. 63 m - Enter the roundabout
  31. 31 : km 4.41 - alt. 63 m - Walk north-east towards W Park Rd
  32. 32 : km 4.42 - alt. 63 m - Exit the roundabout onto W Park Rd
  33. 33 : km 4.93 - alt. 47 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Lower Rd
  34. 34 : km 5.04 - alt. 42 m - Continue onto Willow Way
  35. S/E : km 5.14 - alt. 39 m

Useful Information

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