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Water Of Leith Walkway
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 19.61 km
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Calculated time: 5h 40
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 14 m
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Vertical drop: - 162 m
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Highest point: 160 m
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Lowest point: 5 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Edinburgh
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Start: N 55.887383° / W 3.339185°
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End: N 55.975084° / W 3.171906°
Description der Wandertour
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 160 m - Continue onto Bridge Road
- 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 160 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 3 : km 4.46 - alt. 110 m - Turn sharp left
- 4 : km 4.47 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Woodhall Millbrae
- 5 : km 4.57 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
- 6 : km 4.63 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 7 : km 4.69 - alt. 108 m - Turn slight right
- 8 : km 4.73 - alt. 107 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 9 : km 5.09 - alt. 107 m - Turn left
- 10 : km 5.1 - alt. 107 m - Turn sharp left onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 11 : km 5.56 - alt. 97 m - Continue
- 12 : km 5.57 - alt. 98 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 13 : km 5.96 - alt. 95 m - Continue onto Easter Hailes Gate
- 14 : km 6.12 - alt. 93 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 15 : km 7.37 - alt. 63 m - Turn right
- 16 : km 8.26 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 17 : km 9.92 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight left
- 18 : km 9.98 - alt. 50 m - Continue onto Ford's Road
- 19 : km 10.19 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp left
- 20 : km 10.25 - alt. 47 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 21 : km 10.63 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Balgreen Road
- 22 : km 10.64 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 23 : km 10.97 - alt. 41 m - Turn slight right
- 24 : km 11.01 - alt. 41 m - Turn sharp right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 25 : km 11.13 - alt. 41 m - Continue onto Pansy Walk
- 26 : km 11.18 - alt. 40 m - Turn sharp right
- 27 : km 11.21 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 28 : km 12.24 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Roseburn Place
- 29 : km 12.32 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Roseburn Gardens
- 30 : km 12.39 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Roseburn Terrace, A8
- 31 : km 12.43 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Roseburn Cliff
- 32 : km 12.48 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 33 : km 12.49 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right
- 34 : km 12.51 - alt. 40 m - Turn slight right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 35 : km 12.99 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight right
- 36 : km 13.1 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 37 : km 14.19 - alt. 28 m - Continue onto Damside
- 38 : km 14.21 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 39 : km 14.23 - alt. 29 m - Continue onto Hawthornbank Lane
- 40 : km 14.38 - alt. 33 m - Continue onto Miller Row
- 41 : km 14.54 - alt. 25 m - Continue
- 42 : km 15.08 - alt. 17 m - Continue onto Saunders Street
- 43 : km 15.28 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Deanhaugh Street, B900
- 44 : km 15.31 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 45 : km 15.64 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto St Bernard's Row
- 46 : km 15.69 - alt. 14 m - Turn slight right onto Arboretum Avenue
- 47 : km 15.87 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight right
- 48 : km 15.95 - alt. 14 m - Turn slight right onto Arboretum Avenue
- 49 : km 16 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Rocheid Path
- 50 : km 16.46 - alt. 12 m - Turn right
- 51 : km 16.77 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Brandon Terrace
- 52 : km 16.79 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Huntly Street, B901
- 53 : km 16.8 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Warriston Road
- 54 : km 17.18 - alt. 9 m - Turn left
- 55 : km 17.39 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto Warriston Road
- 56 : km 17.39 - alt. 9 m - Continue onto St Mark's Bridge
- 57 : km 17.42 - alt. 10 m - Continue onto Warriston Road
- 58 : km 17.42 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 59 : km 17.67 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto St Mark's Path
- 60 : km 17.68 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 61 : km 18.24 - alt. 9 m - Turn slight left onto Warriston Path
- 62 : km 18.25 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 63 : km 19.1 - alt. 8 m - Continue
- 64 : km 19.12 - alt. 7 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 65 : km 19.14 - alt. 7 m - Turn right
- 66 : km 19.24 - alt. 5 m - Continue onto Water of Leith Walkway
- 67 : km 19.55 - alt. 5 m - Turn sharp right onto Sandport Place
- 68 : km 19.6 - alt. 5 m - Turn left
- E : km 19.61 - alt. 5 m
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