Road3,2
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 3.22 mi -
Average duration: 1h 30 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 62 ft -
Descent: - 62 ft -
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Highest point: 246 ft -
Lowest point: 171 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Shrewsbury -
Start/End: N 52.704514° / W 2.719846° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 233 ft
- 1 : mi 0 - alt. 233 ft - Turn right onto Preston Street
- 2 : mi 0.01 - alt. 233 ft - Turn left onto Portland Crescent
- 3 : mi 0.58 - alt. 223 ft - Turn left onto Belvidere Road
- 4 : mi 0.9 - alt. 194 ft - Turn left onto Crowmere Road
- 5 : mi 1.16 - alt. 203 ft - Keep left onto Crowmere Road
- 6 : mi 1.18 - alt. 203 ft - Enter roundabout
- 7 : mi 1.22 - alt. 203 ft - Turn right
- 8 : mi 1.22 - alt. 203 ft - Turn left
- 9 : mi 1.84 - alt. 177 ft - Turn left
- 10 : mi 1.85 - alt. 177 ft - Turn slight left
- 11 : mi 1.86 - alt. 177 ft - Turn right onto Bage Way, A5112
- 12 : mi 1.87 - alt. 180 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Haycock Way, A458
- 13 : mi 2.05 - alt. 220 ft - Keep left onto Haycock Way, A458
- 14 : mi 2.07 - alt. 220 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Abbey Foregate
- 15 : mi 2.26 - alt. 190 ft - Turn right onto Bell Lane
- 16 : mi 2.4 - alt. 203 ft - Turn left
- 17 : mi 2.42 - alt. 200 ft - Turn right
- 18 : mi 2.53 - alt. 220 ft - Turn slight left onto Belvidere Road
- 19 : mi 2.63 - alt. 220 ft - Turn left onto Belvidere Avenue
- 20 : mi 2.83 - alt. 220 ft - Turn right onto Preston Street
- S/E : mi 3.22 - alt. 233 ft
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+364 ft
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