Manchester Walk
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 8.21 km
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Average duration: 2h 25
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 11 m
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Vertical drop: - 11 m
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Highest point: 45 m
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Lowest point: 27 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Manchester
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Start/End: N 53.463763° / W 2.231127°
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 38 m - Start on Oxford Road, B5117
- 2 : km 0.59 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Booth Street East
- 3 : km 0.6 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Oxford Road, B5117
- 4 : km 1.22 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp left onto Hulme Street
- 5 : km 1.49 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Cambridge Street
- 6 : km 1.7 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left onto Whitworth Street West, B6469
- 7 : km 1.82 - alt. 32 m - Turn right
- 8 : km 1.83 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
- 9 : km 1.83 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp left
- 10 : km 1.86 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp right
- 11 : km 1.86 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
- 12 : km 1.87 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Whitworth Street West, B6469
- 13 : km 1.98 - alt. 32 m - Keep left onto Whitworth Street West, B6469
- 14 : km 2.04 - alt. 34 m - Turn sharp left onto Albion Street, A5103
- 15 : km 2.31 - alt. 39 m - Keep left onto Lower Mosley Street, A5103
- 16 : km 2.37 - alt. 39 m - Turn sharp right onto Windmill Street, A5103
- 17 : km 2.44 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Windmill Street
- 18 : km 2.62 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight right onto Windmill Street
- 19 : km 2.63 - alt. 37 m - Turn sharp left onto Watson Street
- 20 : km 2.77 - alt. 37 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Watson Street
- 21 : km 2.9 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Great Bridgewater Street
- 22 : km 3.01 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Deansgate, A56
- 23 : km 3.6 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
- 24 : km 3.6 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
- 25 : km 3.64 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
- 26 : km 3.65 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Deansgate, A56
- 27 : km 4.12 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Victoria Bridge Street
- 28 : km 4.12 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Victoria Street
- 29 : km 4.21 - alt. 27 m - Keep right
- 30 : km 4.22 - alt. 27 m - Keep right
- 31 : km 4.28 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Fennel Street
- 32 : km 4.34 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
- 33 : km 4.37 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
- 34 : km 4.37 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
- 35 : km 4.44 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left
- 36 : km 4.44 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp right onto Long Millgate
- 37 : km 4.51 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
- 38 : km 4.52 - alt. 33 m - Keep left
- 39 : km 4.65 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
- 40 : km 4.67 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Fennel Street
- 41 : km 4.67 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Corporation Street
- 42 : km 4.69 - alt. 35 m - Keep right onto Hanging Ditch
- 43 : km 4.77 - alt. 35 m - Keep left onto Hanging Ditch
- 44 : km 4.84 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp left
- 45 : km 4.85 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
- 46 : km 4.86 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto New Cathedral Street
- 47 : km 5.16 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto St. Ann Street
- 48 : km 5.24 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Cross Street
- 49 : km 5.4 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Market Street
- 50 : km 5.47 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
- 51 : km 5.48 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
- 52 : km 5.58 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Halle Place
- 53 : km 5.59 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Market Street
- 54 : km 5.7 - alt. 44 m - Keep right onto Market Street
- 55 : km 5.71 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp left onto High Street
- 56 : km 5.89 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto York Street
- 57 : km 5.89 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Fountain Street
- 58 : km 6.14 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Princess Street, A34
- 59 : km 6.19 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
- 60 : km 6.24 - alt. 40 m - Turn slight left onto Library Walk
- 61 : km 6.38 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Peter Street, A34
- 62 : km 6.89 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp right onto New Wakefield Street
- 63 : km 6.9 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Oxford Street
- 64 : km 7.23 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
- 65 : km 7.25 - alt. 37 m - Turn sharp left
- 66 : km 7.32 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
- 67 : km 7.32 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 68 : km 7.36 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight right onto Oxford Road, B5117
- 69 : km 7.51 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Rosamond Street West
- 70 : km 7.52 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 71 : km 7.58 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
- 72 : km 7.62 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
- 73 : km 7.71 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 74 : km 7.78 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 75 : km 7.95 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 76 : km 7.96 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Oxford Road, B5117
- S/E : km 8.21 - alt. 38 m
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