Hadfield To Glossop The Long Way
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 37.77 km
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Calculated time: 14h 15
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 1,197 m
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Vertical drop: - 1,210 m
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Highest point: 630 m
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Lowest point: 149 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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Area: Peak District
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District: High Peak
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Start: N 53.460967° / W 1.965656°
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End: N 53.444083° / W 1.948465°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 175 m - Start on
- 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 172 m - Turn right onto Railway Street
- 3 : km 0.07 - alt. 171 m - Turn right onto Platt Street
- 4 : km 0.23 - alt. 171 m - Turn left
- 5 : km 0.26 - alt. 171 m - Keep right
- 6 : km 0.57 - alt. 182 m - Turn left
- 7 : km 0.61 - alt. 186 m - Keep left
- 8 : km 0.78 - alt. 178 m - Turn right
- 9 : km 0.82 - alt. 180 m - Turn left onto Padfield Main Road
- 10 : km 0.82 - alt. 180 m - Turn right
- 11 : km 1.01 - alt. 162 m - Turn left
- 12 : km 1.33 - alt. 165 m - Turn sharp right
- 13 : km 1.46 - alt. 152 m - Turn left
- 14 : km 1.6 - alt. 154 m - Turn right
- 15 : km 1.92 - alt. 153 m - Turn left
- 16 : km 1.93 - alt. 153 m - Turn right
- 17 : km 2.03 - alt. 157 m - Turn sharp right onto Bank Lane
- 18 : km 2.18 - alt. 180 m - Turn slight right onto The Stocks
- 19 : km 2.19 - alt. 181 m - Turn slight left onto Stocks Brow
- 20 : km 2.21 - alt. 184 m - Turn left onto Old Road
- 21 : km 2.23 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Arnfield Lane
- 22 : km 2.99 - alt. 200 m - Keep right
- 23 : km 5.4 - alt. 410 m - Turn right
- 24 : km 6.33 - alt. 424 m - Turn sharp left
- 25 : km 9.08 - alt. 268 m - Turn left
- 26 : km 11.26 - alt. 489 m - Keep right
- 27 : km 15.67 - alt. 580 m - Turn sharp right
- 28 : km 19.57 - alt. 429 m - Keep right
- 29 : km 21.19 - alt. 317 m - Keep right
- 30 : km 21.46 - alt. 240 m - Turn slight left
- 31 : km 21.47 - alt. 239 m - Keep left
- 32 : km 21.66 - alt. 216 m - Turn sharp left
- 33 : km 21.67 - alt. 216 m - Turn slight right
- 34 : km 21.76 - alt. 211 m - Turn right onto Woodhead Road, A628
- 35 : km 21.81 - alt. 206 m - Turn left
- 36 : km 23.5 - alt. 214 m - Turn left
- 37 : km 24.04 - alt. 202 m - Turn slight left
- 38 : km 24.36 - alt. 202 m - Turn left
- 39 : km 24.6 - alt. 211 m - Turn sharp right
- 40 : km 24.62 - alt. 212 m - Turn left onto Longdendale Trail
- 41 : km 24.67 - alt. 215 m - Turn right onto Woodhead Road, B6105
- 42 : km 24.69 - alt. 215 m - Turn left
- 43 : km 25.19 - alt. 239 m - Turn sharp right
- 44 : km 25.39 - alt. 279 m - Keep right
- 45 : km 27.99 - alt. 498 m - Keep right
- 46 : km 29.72 - alt. 629 m - Turn slight left
- 47 : km 29.74 - alt. 629 m - Keep right
- 48 : km 29.92 - alt. 629 m - Keep left
- 49 : km 30.54 - alt. 603 m - Turn right
- 50 : km 31.08 - alt. 612 m - Turn right
- 51 : km 31.24 - alt. 617 m - Turn right
- 52 : km 33.98 - alt. 263 m - Turn slight right onto Doctor's Gate
- 53 : km 34.49 - alt. 215 m - Turn sharp right
- 54 : km 36.46 - alt. 167 m - Turn right onto Old Cross
- 55 : km 36.71 - alt. 176 m - Turn slight left onto Church Street
- 56 : km 36.72 - alt. 176 m - Turn left onto Church Close
- 57 : km 36.86 - alt. 163 m - Turn sharp right
- 58 : km 37.05 - alt. 169 m - Keep right
- 59 : km 37.47 - alt. 169 m - Turn right onto King Edward Avenue
- 60 : km 37.51 - alt. 169 m - Turn left
- E : km 37.77 - alt. 157 m
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Crowden via Lad’s Leap
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Bleaklow from Old Glossop

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Coombs Ridge, Cown Edge from Broadbottom
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