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Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 14.60 mi
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Average duration: 6h 55
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: No
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Ascent: + 220 ft
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Descent: - 387 ft
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Highest point: 180 ft
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Lowest point: -3 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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City: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Start: N 54.984068° / W 1.614146°
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End: N 55.002397° / W 1.420085°
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 180 ft - Start on
- 1 : mi 0.08 - alt. 177 ft - Keep left
- 2 : mi 0.11 - alt. 177 ft - Keep left
- 3 : mi 0.17 - alt. 180 ft - Turn slight right onto Clayton Road
- 4 : mi 0.6 - alt. 161 ft - Turn right
- 5 : mi 0.72 - alt. 148 ft - Turn left onto Jesmond Road
- 6 : mi 0.79 - alt. 148 ft - Keep left onto Jesmond Road
- 7 : mi 0.82 - alt. 144 ft - Turn left
- 8 : mi 1.01 - alt. 131 ft - Keep right onto Jesmond Road
- 9 : mi 1.02 - alt. 128 ft - Turn left onto Jesmond Road
- 10 : mi 1.09 - alt. 131 ft - Keep right
- 11 : mi 1.33 - alt. 115 ft - Turn right
- 12 : mi 1.58 - alt. 98 ft - Keep left
- 13 : mi 1.84 - alt. 105 ft - Turn left
- 14 : mi 1.97 - alt. 148 ft - Turn right onto Wandsworth Road
- 15 : mi 2.11 - alt. 151 ft - Turn left onto Heaton Park Road
- 16 : mi 2.39 - alt. 135 ft - Turn right onto Shields Road
- 17 : mi 2.4 - alt. 135 ft - Turn left onto Clifford Street
- 18 : mi 2.43 - alt. 131 ft - Turn right
- 19 : mi 2.44 - alt. 131 ft - Turn right
- 20 : mi 2.45 - alt. 131 ft - Turn left
- 21 : mi 2.49 - alt. 128 ft - Turn left onto Byker Link
- 22 : mi 2.53 - alt. 125 ft - Turn right onto Byker Link
- 23 : mi 2.53 - alt. 125 ft - Keep left onto Byker Link
- 24 : mi 4.82 - alt. 85 ft - Keep right
- 25 : mi 4.85 - alt. 89 ft - Keep left
- 26 : mi 4.85 - alt. 89 ft - Turn slight right onto Church Street
- 27 : mi 6 - alt. 49 ft - Keep right
- 28 : mi 6.03 - alt. 39 ft - Turn right
- 29 : mi 6.04 - alt. 39 ft - Turn left onto Neptune Road
- 30 : mi 6.14 - alt. 69 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Neptune Road
- 31 : mi 6.55 - alt. 75 ft - Turn right onto Station Road
- 32 : mi 6.58 - alt. 66 ft - Turn left
- 33 : mi 6.61 - alt. 62 ft - Turn left
- 34 : mi 7.15 - alt. 62 ft - Turn left onto Davy Bank
- 35 : mi 7.15 - alt. 62 ft - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Wagonway
- 36 : mi 7.32 - alt. 75 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A193
- 37 : mi 7.68 - alt. 13 ft - Keep right onto Ropery Lane
- 38 : mi 8.31 - alt. 33 ft - Turn left onto A187
- 39 : mi 8.71 - alt. 49 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bewicke Street
- 40 : mi 8.77 - alt. 49 ft - Turn right
- 41 : mi 8.92 - alt. 30 ft - Turn right onto Coach Open
- 42 : mi 8.95 - alt. 23 ft - Keep left onto Coach Open
- 43 : mi 8.98 - alt. 20 ft - Keep left
- 44 : mi 9.01 - alt. 10 ft - Turn left onto Pedestrian Tunnel
- 45 : mi 9.21 - alt. 13 ft - Turn left
- 46 : mi 9.24 - alt. 23 ft - Keep left
- 47 : mi 9.25 - alt. 30 ft - Turn left
- 48 : mi 9.26 - alt. 30 ft - Turn slight right
- 49 : mi 9.27 - alt. 33 ft - Turn left onto Tyne Street
- 50 : mi 9.33 - alt. 39 ft - Turn sharp left onto Tyne Street
- 51 : mi 9.38 - alt. 43 ft - Turn left onto Chaytor Street
- 52 : mi 9.59 - alt. 49 ft - Turn left onto Curlew Road
- 53 : mi 9.61 - alt. 49 ft - Keep right onto Curlew Road
- 54 : mi 10.19 - alt. 16 ft - Turn left onto Don Road
- 55 : mi 10.26 - alt. 13 ft - Keep right
- 56 : mi 10.31 - alt. 13 ft - Keep left
- 57 : mi 10.36 - alt. 16 ft - Turn left
- 58 : mi 10.52 - alt. 16 ft - Keep left
- 59 : mi 10.84 - alt. 20 ft - Turn slight left
- 60 : mi 10.87 - alt. 20 ft - Turn left
- 61 : mi 11.78 - alt. 10 ft - Turn left
- 62 : mi 11.79 - alt. 10 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Temple Town
- 63 : mi 12.52 - alt. 52 ft - Turn sharp left
- 64 : mi 12.53 - alt. 52 ft - Turn left
- 65 : mi 12.87 - alt. 39 ft - Turn left
- 66 : mi 12.97 - alt. 13 ft - Turn left
- 67 : mi 12.99 - alt. 13 ft - Turn sharp left onto Harton Quay
- 68 : mi 12.99 - alt. 13 ft - Turn sharp right
- 69 : mi 13.03 - alt. 10 ft - Turn right
- 70 : mi 13.34 - alt. 16 ft - Turn left onto Long Row
- 71 : mi 13.51 - alt. 20 ft - Turn right
- 72 : mi 13.52 - alt. 36 ft - Turn left
- 73 : mi 13.7 - alt. 23 ft - Turn slight right onto Wapping Street
- 74 : mi 13.86 - alt. 26 ft - Turn left onto River Drive
- 75 : mi 14.19 - alt. 16 ft - Turn left onto River Drive
- 76 : mi 14.21 - alt. 16 ft - Keep left onto River Drive
- 77 : mi 14.22 - alt. 16 ft - Turn right
- 78 : mi 14.26 - alt. 13 ft - Turn right
- E : mi 14.6 - alt. 13 ft
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