Big Toe 23 Canterbury-Leeds Castle-Maidstone

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 44.04 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 13h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 298 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 284 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 193 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 11 m
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Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  2. 2 : km 0.38 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Watling Street
  3. 3 : km 0.39 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Castle Street
  4. 4 : km 0.74 - alt. 14 m - Keep right onto Castle Street
  5. 5 : km 0.77 - alt. 13 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Wincheap
  6. 6 : km 1.69 - alt. 16 m - Keep right onto Wincheap
  7. 7 : km 3.54 - alt. 13 m - Keep right onto Ashford Road
  8. 8 : km 3.59 - alt. 13 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ashford Road
  9. 9 : km 5.38 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 5.5 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto The Green
  11. 11 : km 5.69 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto The Green
  12. 12 : km 6.51 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Shalmsford Street
  13. 13 : km 6.52 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Bobbin Lodge Hill
  14. 14 : km 6.9 - alt. 23 m - Keep right
  15. 15 : km 7.2 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight left
  16. 16 : km 7.21 - alt. 28 m - Keep right
  17. 17 : km 7.56 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight right onto Pickelden Lane
  18. 18 : km 8.58 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 9.21 - alt. 26 m - Turn slight left
  20. 20 : km 9.35 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp left
  21. 21 : km 9.37 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Bagham Road
  22. 22 : km 10.02 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto The Square
  23. 23 : km 10.05 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Taylors Hill
  24. 24 : km 10.25 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight left onto A252
  25. 25 : km 10.41 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Soleshill Road
  26. 26 : km 13.93 - alt. 103 m - Keep right onto Shottenden Road
  27. 27 : km 14.49 - alt. 97 m - Keep right onto Shottenden Road
  28. 28 : km 16.46 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto A251
  29. 29 : km 16.49 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 17.4 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Loose Down Road
  31. 31 : km 18.23 - alt. 119 m - Keep left
  32. 32 : km 19.25 - alt. 104 m - Turn slight left onto Almshouse Road
  33. 33 : km 19.6 - alt. 111 m - Keep left
  34. 34 : km 19.74 - alt. 105 m - Keep left onto Pettfield Hill Road
  35. 35 : km 20.81 - alt. 113 m - Turn sharp left
  36. 36 : km 20.85 - alt. 113 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 21.15 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  38. 38 : km 21.73 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Stalisfield Road
  39. 39 : km 22.47 - alt. 137 m - Keep right
  40. 40 : km 23.34 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  41. 41 : km 23.45 - alt. 131 m - Turn left onto Bunce Court Road
  42. 42 : km 24.87 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 25.77 - alt. 188 m - Turn slight right onto Waterditch Road
  44. 44 : km 25.85 - alt. 189 m - Turn left onto Hubbards Hill
  45. 45 : km 26.28 - alt. 193 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 26.76 - alt. 190 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 27.86 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Pilgrim's Way
  48. 48 : km 27.88 - alt. 151 m - Keep left
  49. 49 : km 28.25 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  50. 50 : km 28.5 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto A20
  51. 51 : km 35.53 - alt. 63 m - Turn left
  52. 52 : km 35.79 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 36.25 - alt. 51 m - Keep left
  54. 54 : km 36.53 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Penfold Hill
  55. 55 : km 36.81 - alt. 53 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ashford Road
  56. 56 : km 36.91 - alt. 53 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Ashford Road
  57. 57 : km 37.49 - alt. 53 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ashford Road
  58. 58 : km 43.4 - alt. 20 m - Keep left onto Ashford Road
  59. E : km 44.04 - alt. 16 m

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