WYC's Orford Sleigh Route
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 11.58 km
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Average duration: 3h 20
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 6 m
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Vertical drop: - 6 m
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Highest point: 14 m
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Lowest point: 8 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Warrington
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Start: N 53.403486° / W 2.58401°
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End: N 53.408495° / W 2.589046°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 8 m - Start on
- 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 8 m - Turn right
- 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Alder Lane
- 4 : km 0.21 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Shaws Avenue
- 5 : km 0.42 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Central Avenue
- 6 : km 0.49 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto East Avenue
- 7 : km 0.66 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Mortimer Avenue
- 8 : km 0.72 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Shaws Avenue
- 9 : km 0.79 - alt. 10 m - Turn sharp right onto Vale Avenue
- 10 : km 0.98 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Lathom Avenue
- 11 : km 1.06 - alt. 8 m - Turn sharp left onto South Avenue
- 12 : km 1.12 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Alder Lane
- 13 : km 1.18 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto North Avenue
- 14 : km 1.43 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Ireland Street
- 15 : km 1.49 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto South Avenue
- 16 : km 1.76 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Longford Street
- 17 : km 1.77 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Hale Street
- 18 : km 1.89 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Forster Street
- 19 : km 2.16 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Orford Lane
- 20 : km 2.24 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Sharp Street
- 21 : km 2.37 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Winifred Street
- 22 : km 2.56 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Battersby Lane
- 23 : km 2.71 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Greenings Court
- 24 : km 2.82 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Rylands Drive
- 25 : km 2.85 - alt. 14 m - Turn slight right onto Rylands Drive
- 26 : km 2.94 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Monks Place
- 27 : km 3.08 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight left onto Monks Place
- 28 : km 3.16 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Rylands Drive
- 29 : km 3.23 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight right onto Rylands Drive
- 30 : km 3.31 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Rylands Drive
- 31 : km 3.38 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Marsh House Lane
- 32 : km 3.43 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto O'Leary Street
- 33 : km 3.49 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Roome Street
- 34 : km 3.64 - alt. 12 m - Turn left onto Orford Avenue
- 35 : km 4.03 - alt. 8 m - Turn slight left onto Norris Street
- 36 : km 4.05 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Hallfields Road
- 37 : km 4.61 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Orford Green, A50
- 38 : km 4.75 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Birtles Road
- 39 : km 4.83 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Capesthorne Road
- 40 : km 5.38 - alt. 10 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Poplars Avenue
- 41 : km 5.56 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Greenwood Crescent
- 42 : km 6.22 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Darley Avenue
- 43 : km 6.32 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Foxfield Close
- 44 : km 7.12 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Windermere Avenue
- 45 : km 7.64 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Poplars Avenue
- 46 : km 7.72 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Howson Road
- 47 : km 7.84 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Scafell Avenue
- 48 : km 7.89 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto Mardale Avenue
- 49 : km 8.13 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Penrith Avenue
- 50 : km 8.18 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto Howson Road
- 51 : km 8.34 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Appleby Road
- 52 : km 8.54 - alt. 9 m - Turn sharp right onto Honister Avenue
- 53 : km 8.59 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Kirkstone Avenue
- 54 : km 8.69 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Statham Avenue
- 55 : km 9.04 - alt. 10 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Sandy Lane
- 56 : km 9.2 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Crowe Avenue
- 57 : km 9.32 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Cooper Avenue
- 58 : km 9.55 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Densham avenue
- 59 : km 9.66 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto McKee Avenue
- 60 : km 9.98 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Ajax Avenue
- 61 : km 10.12 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto Gough Avenue
- 62 : km 10.61 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Densham avenue
- 63 : km 10.7 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Long Lane
- 64 : km 10.75 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Northway
- 65 : km 11.14 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Clough Avenue
- 66 : km 11.3 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Fisher Avenue
- E : km 11.58 - alt. 8 m
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