God Save The King's Buildings

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.76 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 31 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 39 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 95 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.938492° / W 3.173546°
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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.
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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. 84 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Salisbury Road
  3. 3 : km 0.31 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto Newington Road
  4. 4 : km 0.41 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.57 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.59 - alt. 77 m - Turn left onto Sciennes House Place
  7. 7 : km 0.67 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Sciennes
  8. 8 : km 0.71 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Sciennes Road
  9. 9 : km 1.37 - alt. 81 m - Turn slight left onto Roseneath Street
  10. 10 : km 1.37 - alt. 81 m - Turn right onto Warrender Park Road
  11. 11 : km 1.39 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto Warrender Park Road
  12. 12 : km 2.02 - alt. 94 m - Keep left
  13. 13 : km 2.2 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Bruntsfield Terrace
  14. 14 : km 2.31 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Bruntsfield Place
  15. 15 : km 2.73 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Colinton Road
  16. 16 : km 3.19 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Tipperlinn Road
  17. 17 : km 3.41 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Morningside Place
  18. 18 : km 3.51 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Morningside Park
  19. 19 : km 3.94 - alt. 80 m - Turn right onto Morningside Road
  20. 20 : km 4.08 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Hermitage Terrace
  21. 21 : km 4.13 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Nile Grove
  22. 22 : km 4.44 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Braid Avenue
  23. 23 : km 4.61 - alt. 81 m - Turn sharp left onto Cluny Gardens
  24. 24 : km 5.76 - alt. 68 m - Keep right onto Blackford Avenue
  25. 25 : km 6.29 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 6.38 - alt. 80 m - Turn right onto Max Born Crescent
  27. 27 : km 6.42 - alt. 81 m - Keep left onto Max Born Crescent
  28. 28 : km 7.12 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 7.34 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
  30. 30 : km 7.41 - alt. 67 m - Keep left
  31. 31 : km 7.45 - alt. 67 m - Keep left
  32. 32 : km 7.5 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 7.51 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 7.56 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Robert Stevenson Road
  35. 35 : km 7.58 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Robert Stevenson Road
  36. 36 : km 7.61 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Colin MacLaurin Road
  37. 37 : km 7.61 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto Charlotte Auerbach Road
  38. 38 : km 7.68 - alt. 72 m - Turn slight right
  39. 39 : km 7.7 - alt. 72 m - Keep left
  40. 40 : km 7.71 - alt. 72 m - Turn slight right
  41. 41 : km 7.72 - alt. 72 m - Turn left onto Mayfield Road
  42. 42 : km 8.97 - alt. 72 m - Turn right onto Duncan Street
  43. 43 : km 9.17 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto Minto Street
  44. 44 : km 9.17 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Blacket Avenue
  45. 45 : km 9.53 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Dalkeith Road
  46. S/E : km 9.76 - alt. 84 m

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