Quaycity (Sunday)
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 6.85 mi
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Average duration: 3h 20
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: Yes
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Ascent: + 180 ft
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Descent: - 194 ft
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Highest point: 190 ft
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Lowest point: 7 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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City: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Start/End: N 54.979124° / W 1.618737°
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 187 ft - Start on
- 1 : mi 0.01 - alt. 187 ft - Keep right
- 2 : mi 0.02 - alt. 187 ft - Turn right
- 3 : mi 0.07 - alt. 187 ft - Turn left onto Queen Victoria Road
- 4 : mi 0.24 - alt. 180 ft - Enter roundabout
- 5 : mi 0.49 - alt. 157 ft - Turn right onto Barras Bridge
- 6 : mi 0.6 - alt. 157 ft - Turn left onto B1307
- 7 : mi 0.7 - alt. 154 ft - Turn left onto John Dobson Street
- 8 : mi 1 - alt. 125 ft - Turn right onto Market Street East
- 9 : mi 1.1 - alt. 138 ft - Turn left onto Pilgrim Street
- 10 : mi 1.2 - alt. 115 ft - Keep left onto Pilgrim Street
- 11 : mi 1.23 - alt. 108 ft - Enter roundabout
- 12 : mi 1.32 - alt. 75 ft - Turn slight left onto City Road
- 13 : mi 1.36 - alt. 79 ft - Keep left onto Melbourne Street
- 14 : mi 1.39 - alt. 75 ft - Turn left onto Trafalgar Street
- 15 : mi 1.39 - alt. 75 ft - Turn sharp left onto Melbourne Street
- 16 : mi 1.5 - alt. 62 ft - Keep left onto A186
- 17 : mi 1.51 - alt. 56 ft - Turn left onto City Road
- 18 : mi 1.69 - alt. 62 ft - Keep right onto City Road
- 19 : mi 2.03 - alt. 69 ft - Keep left onto B1312
- 20 : mi 2.18 - alt. 33 ft - Turn right onto Ford Street
- 21 : mi 2.35 - alt. 52 ft - Turn sharp right onto Walker Road
- 22 : mi 2.81 - alt. 82 ft - Turn left onto Glasshouse Street
- 23 : mi 2.95 - alt. 43 ft - Turn right onto Saint Lawrence Road
- 24 : mi 3.02 - alt. 43 ft - Turn right onto Dobson Crescent
- 25 : mi 3.11 - alt. 13 ft - Turn right onto Bottlehouse Street
- 26 : mi 3.23 - alt. 26 ft - Turn right onto Glasshouse Street
- 27 : mi 3.3 - alt. 43 ft - Turn left onto Saint Lawrence Road
- 28 : mi 3.46 - alt. 16 ft - Keep left onto Quayside
- 29 : mi 3.81 - alt. 16 ft - Keep left onto Quayside
- 30 : mi 3.86 - alt. 13 ft - Keep left onto Quayside
- 31 : mi 4.08 - alt. 13 ft - Turn left
- 32 : mi 4.11 - alt. 13 ft - Turn right onto Quayside
- 33 : mi 4.11 - alt. 13 ft - Turn right
- 34 : mi 4.13 - alt. 7 ft - Turn right
- 35 : mi 4.13 - alt. 7 ft - Turn right
- 36 : mi 4.14 - alt. 13 ft - Turn right onto Quayside
- 37 : mi 4.2 - alt. 20 ft - Turn left onto Horatio Street
- 38 : mi 4.3 - alt. 33 ft - Turn left onto Horatio Street
- 39 : mi 4.32 - alt. 46 ft - Turn left onto City Road
- 40 : mi 4.68 - alt. 59 ft - Keep left onto City Road
- 41 : mi 4.77 - alt. 59 ft - Keep left onto City Road
- 42 : mi 4.84 - alt. 43 ft - Turn right onto City Road
- 43 : mi 4.88 - alt. 56 ft - Turn left
- 44 : mi 4.88 - alt. 56 ft - Turn left onto City Road
- 45 : mi 4.99 - alt. 72 ft - Turn right onto A186
- 46 : mi 5 - alt. 75 ft - Keep right onto Melbourne Street
- 47 : mi 5.29 - alt. 92 ft - Turn left onto Gibson Street
- 48 : mi 5.39 - alt. 118 ft - Turn left onto New Bridge Street
- 49 : mi 5.58 - alt. 131 ft - Keep left onto A193
- 50 : mi 5.7 - alt. 125 ft - Enter roundabout
- 51 : mi 5.82 - alt. 148 ft - Keep left onto Durant Road
- 52 : mi 5.89 - alt. 148 ft - Turn right onto John Dobson Street
- 53 : mi 6.05 - alt. 154 ft - Turn left onto Saint Mary's Place
- 54 : mi 6.15 - alt. 157 ft - Turn right onto B1307
- 55 : mi 6.25 - alt. 157 ft - Turn left
- 56 : mi 6.28 - alt. 161 ft - Turn slight left onto Claremont Road
- 57 : mi 6.31 - alt. 167 ft - Turn left onto King's Road
- 58 : mi 6.32 - alt. 167 ft - Turn right
- 59 : mi 6.32 - alt. 167 ft - Turn right
- 60 : mi 6.36 - alt. 171 ft - Keep right
- 61 : mi 6.38 - alt. 174 ft - Turn right
- 62 : mi 6.39 - alt. 174 ft - Turn left onto Claremont Road
- 63 : mi 6.49 - alt. 180 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Queen Victoria Road
- 64 : mi 6.76 - alt. 184 ft - Turn right
- 65 : mi 6.78 - alt. 187 ft - Turn right
- S/E : mi 6.86 - alt. 187 ft
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