5k Holford Run
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 3.08 mi -
Average duration: 1h 30 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 112 ft -
Descent: - 112 ft -
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Highest point: 407 ft -
Lowest point: 282 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Holford -
Start/End: N 51.162488° / W 3.211036° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 394 ft - Start on Hodder's Combe Road
- 1 : mi 0.01 - alt. 394 ft - Turn right onto Hodder's Combe Road
- 2 : mi 0.07 - alt. 387 ft - Turn left onto Hodder's Combe Road
- 3 : mi 0.09 - alt. 387 ft - Turn sharp right onto Combe Lane
- 4 : mi 0.16 - alt. 381 ft - Turn right onto Church Road
- 5 : mi 0.24 - alt. 374 ft - Turn right
- 6 : mi 0.27 - alt. 377 ft - Turn left
- 7 : mi 0.37 - alt. 371 ft - Turn right onto A39
- 8 : mi 0.38 - alt. 374 ft - Turn left
- 9 : mi 0.84 - alt. 364 ft - Turn slight left onto Corewell Lane
- 10 : mi 1.18 - alt. 331 ft - Turn left
- 11 : mi 2.51 - alt. 358 ft - Turn left onto Williton Road, A39
- 12 : mi 2.56 - alt. 358 ft - Turn right onto Back Lane
- 13 : mi 2.75 - alt. 374 ft - Turn right
- 14 : mi 2.79 - alt. 387 ft - Turn left onto Alfoxton Park Lane
- 15 : mi 2.95 - alt. 397 ft - Turn left onto Alfoxton Park Lane
- 16 : mi 3.06 - alt. 394 ft - Turn sharp right onto Hodder's Combe Road
- 17 : mi 3.07 - alt. 394 ft - Turn sharp right
- S/E : mi 3.08 - alt. 394 ft
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+262 ft
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