Lock Keepers LONG
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 13.79 km
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Average duration: 4h 10
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 77 m
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Vertical drop: - 68 m
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Highest point: 122 m
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Lowest point: 77 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Oadby and Wigston
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Start/End: N 52.583009° / W 1.102775°
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 85 m
- 1 : km 4.31 - alt. 104 m - Turn left
- 2 : km 5.2 - alt. 114 m - Turn slight right
- 3 : km 5.87 - alt. 96 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Station Road
- 4 : km 6.65 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
- 5 : km 7.22 - alt. 93 m - Keep right
- 6 : km 7.23 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp right
- 7 : km 11.19 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp left
- 8 : km 11.8 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Cooks Lane
- 9 : km 12.58 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Welford Road
- 10 : km 12.84 - alt. 88 m - Keep left onto Welford Road
- 11 : km 12.88 - alt. 87 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Welford Road
- 12 : km 13.39 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Harcourt Road
- 13 : km 13.42 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Welford Road
- 14 : km 13.59 - alt. 86 m - Keep right onto Welford Road
- 15 : km 13.6 - alt. 86 m - Keep right
- 16 : km 13.7 - alt. 85 m - Keep right
- S/E : km 13.79 - alt. 85 m
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