Marlborough Downs 20 Au21
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 20.11 mi
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Average duration: 10h 15
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: Yes
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Ascent: + 1,178 ft
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Descent: - 1,155 ft
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Highest point: 938 ft
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Lowest point: 420 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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City: Marlborough
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Start/End: N 51.416044° / W 1.73216°
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 420 ft
- 1 : mi 0.11 - alt. 427 ft - Turn left
- 2 : mi 0.19 - alt. 495 ft - Keep right
- 3 : mi 1.11 - alt. 663 ft - Turn right
- 4 : mi 1.29 - alt. 653 ft - Turn left onto Manton Drove
- 5 : mi 1.36 - alt. 659 ft - Turn right
- 6 : mi 1.44 - alt. 656 ft - Turn right
- 7 : mi 2.1 - alt. 643 ft - Turn sharp left
- 8 : mi 2.29 - alt. 663 ft - Turn right
- 9 : mi 2.59 - alt. 571 ft - Turn right
- 10 : mi 2.66 - alt. 591 ft - Turn slight left
- 11 : mi 2.7 - alt. 614 ft - Turn right
- 12 : mi 2.79 - alt. 620 ft - Keep left onto Wansdyke Path
- 13 : mi 2.84 - alt. 630 ft - Turn left onto Wansdyke Path
- 14 : mi 2.94 - alt. 650 ft - Turn slight left onto Wansdyke Path
- 15 : mi 3.34 - alt. 692 ft - Keep right
- 16 : mi 3.44 - alt. 699 ft - Keep right
- 17 : mi 3.61 - alt. 696 ft - Turn slight right
- 18 : mi 4.02 - alt. 617 ft - Turn left
- 19 : mi 4.74 - alt. 702 ft - Keep right
- 20 : mi 5.26 - alt. 846 ft - Turn left
- 21 : mi 5.86 - alt. 869 ft - Keep right
- 22 : mi 6.25 - alt. 807 ft - Keep right
- 23 : mi 6.61 - alt. 725 ft - Turn right onto Workway Drove
- 24 : mi 6.72 - alt. 715 ft - Turn slight right onto Workway Drove
- 25 : mi 6.72 - alt. 715 ft - Turn left
- 26 : mi 7.03 - alt. 807 ft - Keep right
- 27 : mi 7.46 - alt. 853 ft - Turn slight left
- 28 : mi 7.63 - alt. 876 ft - Keep right
- 29 : mi 7.67 - alt. 879 ft - Turn right
- 30 : mi 7.72 - alt. 915 ft - Keep right
- 31 : mi 7.79 - alt. 902 ft - Turn sharp right
- 32 : mi 8.36 - alt. 915 ft - Turn left
- 33 : mi 8.48 - alt. 860 ft - Turn sharp right
- 34 : mi 8.55 - alt. 843 ft - Keep right
- 35 : mi 8.83 - alt. 804 ft - Keep right
- 36 : mi 9.32 - alt. 866 ft - Turn right
- 37 : mi 9.32 - alt. 866 ft - Turn left onto Wansdyke Path
- 38 : mi 9.73 - alt. 896 ft - Turn left
- 39 : mi 9.84 - alt. 830 ft - Turn right
- 40 : mi 9.87 - alt. 823 ft - Keep right
- 41 : mi 10.3 - alt. 755 ft - Keep left
- 42 : mi 11.06 - alt. 663 ft - Keep right
- 43 : mi 12.64 - alt. 531 ft - Turn sharp right
- 44 : mi 13.06 - alt. 509 ft - Turn right onto Bray Street
- 45 : mi 13.57 - alt. 495 ft - Turn left
- 46 : mi 15.91 - alt. 673 ft - Keep right
- 47 : mi 16.22 - alt. 705 ft - Turn slight right
- 48 : mi 17.18 - alt. 659 ft - Turn right
- 49 : mi 17.33 - alt. 646 ft - Keep right
- 50 : mi 17.86 - alt. 630 ft - Turn left
- 51 : mi 17.9 - alt. 627 ft - Turn right
- 52 : mi 18.17 - alt. 610 ft - Turn right
- 53 : mi 18.96 - alt. 440 ft - Turn left onto Bath Road, A4
- 54 : mi 19.97 - alt. 433 ft - Turn right onto Pewsey Road, A345
- S/E : mi 20.11 - alt. 420 ft
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The Red Lion, Axford
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Pewsey Downs from Wootton Rivers
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Ogbourne St George to Avebury, The Ridgeway the Other Way
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Burbage to Great Bedwyn via Durley and St Kathryn's
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