MRC 3.2 Miles - Summer 1 (Country Park Loop)

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8 Jun 2024

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 5.26 km
Calculated time: 1h 35
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 22 m
Vertical drop: - 22 m
Highest point: 93 m
Lowest point: 71 m

District: Melton
Start/End: N 52.762237° / W 0.886235°
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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 71 m - Start at the entrance to Play Close and proceed up the footpath past the church
2 : km 0.28 - alt. 75 m - Cross Leicester Street onto Market Place and turn right towards Sherrard Street
3 : km 0.37 - alt. 75 m - Continue straight on Sherrard Street
4 : km 0.8 - alt. 73 m - Go straight on at Thorpe End
5 : km 0.84 - alt. 74 m - Continue straight on onto Thorpe Road
6 : km 1.25 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Doctors Lane
7 : km 1.78 - alt. 87 m - Go straight on into Country Park
8 : km 1.82 - alt. 87 m - Continue straight on along the footpath
9 : km 2.44 - alt. 93 m - Take the first downhill footpath through the trees on the left after you pass the houses on the right
10 : km 2.55 - alt. 85 m - Turn right after you cross the old railway line
11 : km 2.78 - alt. 89 m - When you emerge from the tree lined footpath turn right across the top of the dam
12 : km 3.16 - alt. 85 m - When you pass the sign post turn left down Nina's Hill
13 : km 3.29 - alt. 81 m - Follow the path alongside the allotments (on the left)
14 : km 3.48 - alt. 80 m - Continue straight on after the allotment car park and head to the south exit of the park
15 : km 3.97 - alt. 79 m - Keep left
16 : km 4.07 - alt. 79 m - Turn slight right to exit the park along the tree and fence lined footpath
17 : km 4.32 - alt. 82 m - Turn slight left onto Snow Hill
18 : km 4.51 - alt. 80 m - Keep right onto Snow Hill
19 : km 4.54 - alt. 78 m - Cross Norman Way at the traffic lights
20 : km 4.57 - alt. 78 m - Continue straight ahead on Bentley Street
21 : km 4.68 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto King Street
22 : km 4.9 - alt. 76 m - Turn left through the alleyway to Market Place
23 : km 4.98 - alt. 75 m - Cross Leicester Street and continue straight on past the church to Mucky Lane
S/E : km 5.26 - alt. 71 m

Useful Information

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