Wigan Half Marathon Training Week 8 - Race Route
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 13.66 mi -
Average duration: 6h 45 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 541 ft -
Descent: - 525 ft -
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Highest point: 466 ft -
Lowest point: 72 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Wigan -
Start/End: N 53.54457° / W 2.63004° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 128 ft - Start near 55 Library St, Wigan WN1, UK
- 1 : mi 0.12 - alt. 151 ft - Turn right onto Wallgate
- 2 : mi 0.13 - alt. 151 ft - Turn left onto Market Pl
- 3 : mi 0.33 - alt. 128 ft - Slight left onto Parson's Walk/B5375
- 4 : mi 1.72 - alt. 85 ft - Turn left onto Scot Ln
- 5 : mi 2.03 - alt. 72 ft - Turn right onto Martland Mill Ln
- 6 : mi 2.67 - alt. 135 ft - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Fourmarts Rd
- 7 : mi 2.76 - alt. 141 ft - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Challenge Way
- 8 : mi 3.91 - alt. 79 ft - Turn right
- 9 : mi 4.19 - alt. 79 ft - Turn left
- 10 : mi 4.33 - alt. 82 ft - Turn right to stay on Stadium Way
- 11 : mi 4.94 - alt. 75 ft - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Frith St
- 12 : mi 5.05 - alt. 75 ft - Turn left onto Ormskirk Rd/A49
- 13 : mi 5.63 - alt. 108 ft - Slight left onto Wallgate
- 14 : mi 5.84 - alt. 151 ft - Turn right onto Library St
- 15 : mi 6.01 - alt. 118 ft - Turn left onto Rodney St/A49
- 16 : mi 6.2 - alt. 118 ft - Turn right onto Warrington Ln/A573
- 17 : mi 7.63 - alt. 200 ft - Turn left onto National Cycle Route 55/Whelley Loop Line
- 18 : mi 8.35 - alt. 190 ft - Turn left
- 19 : mi 9.58 - alt. 390 ft - Turn right
- 20 : mi 9.7 - alt. 397 ft - Turn left
- 21 : mi 10.08 - alt. 456 ft - Turn slight left
- 22 : mi 10.19 - alt. 459 ft - Keep left
- 23 : mi 10.24 - alt. 433 ft - Turn left
- 24 : mi 11.65 - alt. 167 ft - Slight right
- 25 : mi 12.1 - alt. 207 ft - Turn right onto Wigan Ln/A49
- 26 : mi 12.25 - alt. 210 ft - Slight left to stay on Wigan Ln/A49
- 27 : mi 12.3 - alt. 210 ft - At Cherry Gardens Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Mesnes Rd/B5376
- 28 : mi 12.32 - alt. 210 ft - Slight left to stay on Mesnes Rd/B5376
- 29 : mi 13.14 - alt. 125 ft - Turn right onto Mesnes Park Terrace
- 30 : mi 13.25 - alt. 118 ft - Turn left onto Parson's Walk/B5375
- 31 : mi 13.54 - alt. 151 ft - Turn right onto Market Pl
- 32 : mi 13.55 - alt. 151 ft - Turn left onto Library St
- S/E : mi 13.66 - alt. 128 ft
Other walks in the area
Wigan Flashes Circular
Visorando Member
5.03 mi
+20 ft
-20 ft
2h 20
Easy
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
The walk starts at Westwood Road Wigan in order to join the canal and head south. On leaving the canal the route passes through Wigan Flashes and Turners Flash before heading back to start.
Bryn Gates Lane Circular
5.85 mi
+69 ft
-66 ft
2h 45
Easy
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Circular walk starting from Wigan Flashes and including Bryn Gates Lane, Viridor Wood and canal towpath.
Crook Standish Circular
6.25 mi
+302 ft
-302 ft
3h 10
Moderate
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Circular Walk starting from sports ground in Crook then North onto Birley Pond, Birley & Elnup Woods exiting over Mill Brook to gently ascend to Birch Walk. The route then follows the boundary of Standish Park before heading back to start via Giants Hall Farm and Standish Wood Lane. Good views of Beacon Park and Winter Hill ridges from high points.
Pennington Green Circular via Borsdane Wood
5.13 mi
+213 ft
-200 ft
2h 35
Moderate
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
Walk starts from Hindley Mill Lane and follows anticlockwise circular route via Borsdane Wood, Pennington Green, Kirkless Wood and Hindley Hall.
Borsdane Wood
4.92 mi
+164 ft
-164 ft
2h 25
Easy
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
The walk starts from Mill Lane in Hindley and follows the clockwise circular route via Borsdane Wood and Westhoughton Common.
Westhoughton Common
5.32 mi
+207 ft
-217 ft
2h 40
Easy
Departure from Wigan (Greater Manchester)
The walk starts opposite Cowburn St Hindley and follows anti-clockwise circular route around Westhoughton Common.
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