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Houghton Bottoms Route
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 11.62 km
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Calculated time: 3h 50
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 193 m
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Vertical drop: - 195 m
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Highest point: 139 m
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Lowest point: 40 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: South Ribble
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Start/End: N 53.753968° / W 2.578093°
Description
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 45 m
- 1 : km 6.24 - alt. 65 m - Turn slight left onto Viaduct Road
- 2 : km 6.82 - alt. 67 m - Turn right onto Valley Road
- 3 : km 7.11 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Valley Road
- 4 : km 7.17 - alt. 57 m - Turn slight left
- 5 : km 8.56 - alt. 137 m - Turn sharp left
- 6 : km 8.59 - alt. 135 m - Keep right onto Alum Scar Lane
- 7 : km 9.29 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight right onto Alum Scar Lane
- 8 : km 10.2 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Further Lane
- 9 : km 10.77 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto Goose Foot Lane
- 10 : km 11.27 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Goose Foot Lane
- 11 : km 11.51 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
- S/E : km 11.62 - alt. 44 m
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