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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 6.52 km
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    Calculated time: 2h 00 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 61 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 67 m
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    Highest point: 76 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 23 m
  • ⚐
    District: Otham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.26027° / E 0.56942°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 34 m - Start near Mallards Way, Downswood, Maidstone, Kent ME15, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 34 m - Walk north-west
  3. 3 : km 0.01 - alt. 34 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Deringwood Dr
  4. 4 : km 0.65 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Longham Copse
  5. 5 : km 0.66 - alt. 40 m - Walk south-west on Longham Copse
  6. 6 : km 0.75 - alt. 43 m - Turn right to stay on Longham Copse
  7. 7 : km 0.83 - alt. 42 m - Walk west towards Foxden Dr
  8. 8 : km 0.87 - alt. 42 m - Turn left at Foxden Dr
  9. 9 : km 1.02 - alt. 48 m - Walk west on Ufton Cl towards Ufton Cl
  10. 10 : km 1.04 - alt. 48 m - Continue straight onto The Beams
  11. 11 : km 1.1 - alt. 55 m - Continue onto Ufton Cl
  12. 12 : km 1.21 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Chapman Ave
  13. 13 : km 1.21 - alt. 60 m - Walk west on Chapman Ave towards Ufton Cl
  14. 14 : km 1.29 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Willington St
  15. 15 : km 1.38 - alt. 62 m - Walk south on Willington St towards Greenfields
  16. 16 : km 1.38 - alt. 62 m - Turn right onto Greenfields
  17. 17 : km 1.55 - alt. 63 m - Turn left to stay on Greenfields
  18. 18 : km 1.6 - alt. 64 m - Continue onto Rutland Way
  19. 19 : km 1.79 - alt. 60 m - Walk north-west on Rutland Way towards Oxford Rd
  20. 20 : km 1.8 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Oxford Rd
  21. 21 : km 1.81 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Plains Ave
  22. 22 : km 2.34 - alt. 56 m - Enter the roundabout
  23. 23 : km 2.35 - alt. 57 m - Walk south-west towards Kent Ave
  24. 24 : km 2.36 - alt. 57 m - Exit the roundabout onto Kent Ave
  25. 25 : km 2.59 - alt. 65 m - Walk east on Surrey Rd towards Suffolk Rd
  26. 26 : km 2.88 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Suffolk Rd
  27. 27 : km 2.88 - alt. 66 m - Walk south-west on Suffolk Rd towards Gloucester Rd
  28. 28 : km 2.89 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Gloucester Rd
  29. 29 : km 3.14 - alt. 73 m - Walk north-east on Northumberland Rd towards Oxford Rd
  30. 30 : km 3.58 - alt. 76 m - Walk east on Northumberland Rd towards Willington St
  31. 31 : km 3.58 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Willington St
  32. 32 : km 4.28 - alt. 52 m - Walk north-east on Willington St towards Deringwood Dr
  33. 33 : km 5.02 - alt. 45 m - Walk north on Willington St towards Madginford Rd
  34. 34 : km 5.04 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Madginford Rd
  35. 35 : km 5.53 - alt. 47 m - Walk north-east on Madginford Rd towards Royston Rd
  36. 36 : km 5.68 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Royston Rd
  37. 37 : km 5.74 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Spot Ln
  38. 38 : km 5.75 - alt. 51 m - Walk south on Spot Ln towards Greystones Rd
  39. 39 : km 6.24 - alt. 25 m - Continue onto Mallards Way
  40. 40 : km 6.46 - alt. 31 m - Slight left to stay on Mallards Way
  41. 41 : km 6.48 - alt. 32 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
  42. S/E : km 6.52 - alt. 34 m

Useful Information

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