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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 8.15 mi
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Average duration: 4h 05
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: No
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Ascent: + 351 ft
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Descent: - 581 ft
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Highest point: 518 ft
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Lowest point: 66 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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City: Wigan
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Start: N 53.575907° / W 2.595348°
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End: N 53.529822° / W 2.707608°
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 515 ft
- 1 : mi 0.01 - alt. 515 ft - Turn left onto Copperas Lane
- 2 : mi 0.62 - alt. 472 ft - Turn left
- 3 : mi 0.63 - alt. 472 ft - Turn left onto School Lane
- 4 : mi 0.81 - alt. 486 ft - Turn left onto Stanley Road
- 5 : mi 1.82 - alt. 151 ft - Turn slight left onto Woodlands Park Close
- 6 : mi 1.85 - alt. 151 ft - Turn right
- 7 : mi 1.89 - alt. 141 ft - Turn right
- 8 : mi 2.07 - alt. 243 ft - Turn left onto Wigan Lane, A49
- 9 : mi 2.12 - alt. 246 ft - Turn sharp left onto Old Lane
- 10 : mi 2.18 - alt. 220 ft - Turn right
- 11 : mi 2.2 - alt. 220 ft - Turn left onto Newenden Road
- 12 : mi 2.23 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right onto Bethersden Road
- 13 : mi 2.31 - alt. 210 ft - Turn right onto Walter Scott Avenue
- 14 : mi 2.32 - alt. 213 ft - Turn left
- 15 : mi 2.4 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- 16 : mi 2.54 - alt. 207 ft - Keep left
- 17 : mi 2.58 - alt. 200 ft - Turn right
- 18 : mi 2.83 - alt. 230 ft - Turn left
- 19 : mi 2.96 - alt. 230 ft - Turn sharp left
- 20 : mi 2.99 - alt. 230 ft - Turn left
- 21 : mi 3.25 - alt. 200 ft - Turn left
- 22 : mi 3.34 - alt. 174 ft - Turn sharp right
- 23 : mi 3.9 - alt. 105 ft - Turn sharp right onto Wigan Lower Road, B5375
- 24 : mi 4.31 - alt. 82 ft - Turn left onto Crooke Road
- 25 : mi 4.4 - alt. 75 ft - Keep left onto Crooke Road
- 26 : mi 4.53 - alt. 79 ft - Turn left
- 27 : mi 4.59 - alt. 72 ft - Turn left
- 28 : mi 4.65 - alt. 69 ft - Turn left
- 29 : mi 4.86 - alt. 85 ft - Turn sharp right
- 30 : mi 5.29 - alt. 112 ft - Turn left
- 31 : mi 5.77 - alt. 157 ft - Turn left onto Ackhust Lane
- 32 : mi 6.03 - alt. 180 ft - Turn sharp right onto Spring Road
- 33 : mi 6.14 - alt. 194 ft - Turn left onto Latham Lane
- 34 : mi 6.39 - alt. 213 ft - Turn right
- 35 : mi 6.98 - alt. 253 ft - Turn left onto Gordonstoun Crescent
- 36 : mi 6.98 - alt. 253 ft - Turn right
- 37 : mi 7.1 - alt. 272 ft - Turn right
- 38 : mi 7.2 - alt. 295 ft - Turn left onto Orrell Road, A577
- 39 : mi 7.29 - alt. 305 ft - Turn right
- 40 : mi 8.08 - alt. 295 ft - Turn sharp left onto Church Street
- 41 : mi 8.11 - alt. 295 ft - Keep left onto Winstanley Road
- 42 : mi 8.12 - alt. 292 ft - Turn left
- E : mi 8.15 - alt. 292 ft
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