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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 6.48 km
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    Calculated time: 2h 05 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 83 m
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    Vertical drop: - 80 m
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    Highest point: 88 m
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    Lowest point: 23 m
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    District: Otham 
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    Start/End: N 51.26025° / E 0.56947°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 34 m - Start near Deringwood Drive, Downswood, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8SE, 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 0.32 - alt. 45 m - Walk west on Deringwood Dr towards Grampian Way
  5. 5 : km 0.71 - alt. 36 m - Walk north on Deringwood Dr towards Foxden Dr
  6. 6 : km 0.95 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Willington St
  7. 7 : km 0.98 - alt. 25 m - Walk south-west on Willington St towards Otterbourne Pl
  8. 8 : km 1.26 - alt. 51 m - Walk south-west on Willington St towards Otterbourne Pl
  9. 9 : km 1.49 - alt. 58 m - Walk west on School Ln towards Oldfield Cl
  10. 10 : km 1.69 - alt. 59 m - Continue onto Oxford Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.8 - alt. 59 m - Walk west on Oxford Rd towards Durham Cl
  12. 12 : km 1.96 - alt. 58 m - Walk south on Oxford Rd towards Durham Cl
  13. 13 : km 2.17 - alt. 63 m - Enter the roundabout
  14. 14 : km 2.19 - alt. 63 m - Walk north-west towards Suffolk Rd
  15. 15 : km 2.2 - alt. 63 m - Exit the roundabout onto Suffolk Rd
  16. 16 : km 2.45 - alt. 68 m - Walk north-west on Cumberland Ave towards Kent Ave
  17. 17 : km 2.59 - alt. 67 m - Turn left to stay on Cumberland Ave
  18. 18 : km 2.72 - alt. 71 m - Walk south on Cumberland Ave towards Norfolk Rd
  19. 19 : km 3 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto Northumberland Rd
  20. 20 : km 3.01 - alt. 78 m - Walk west on Northumberland Rd towards Lincoln Rd
  21. 21 : km 3.09 - alt. 80 m - Turn left onto Cambridge Cres
  22. 22 : km 3.1 - alt. 80 m - Walk south-east on Cambridge Cres towards Nottingham Ave
  23. 23 : km 3.37 - alt. 81 m - Walk east on Cambridge Cres towards Nottingham Ave
  24. 24 : km 3.38 - alt. 81 m - Turn right onto Nottingham Ave
  25. 25 : km 3.46 - alt. 83 m - Turn left onto Worcester Rd
  26. 26 : km 3.47 - alt. 84 m - Walk south-east on Worcester Rd
  27. 27 : km 3.48 - alt. 84 m - Turn left to stay on Worcester Rd
  28. 28 : km 3.55 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Leicester Rd
  29. 29 : km 3.59 - alt. 83 m - Walk south on Leicester Rd towards Lancashire Rd
  30. 30 : km 3.74 - alt. 84 m - Turn left onto Lancashire Rd
  31. 31 : km 3.74 - alt. 84 m - Walk east on Lancashire Rd towards Highland Rd
  32. 32 : km 3.91 - alt. 88 m - Walk north on Westmorland Rd towards Buckingham Row
  33. 33 : km 4.21 - alt. 81 m - Continue onto Dunster Terrace
  34. 34 : km 4.4 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Northumberland Rd
  35. 35 : km 4.41 - alt. 76 m - Walk east on Northumberland Rd towards Dunster Terrace
  36. 36 : km 4.51 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Willington St
  37. 37 : km 4.65 - alt. 71 m - Walk north on Willington St towards Beauworth Park
  38. 38 : km 5.08 - alt. 56 m - Walk north-east on Willington St towards Otterbourne Pl
  39. 39 : km 5.55 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Deringwood Dr
  40. 40 : km 5.6 - alt. 25 m - Walk south-east on Deringwood Dr towards Spot Ln
  41. 41 : km 5.78 - alt. 36 m - Walk south on Deringwood Dr towards Longham Copse
  42. 42 : km 6.03 - alt. 45 m - Walk east on Deringwood Dr towards Chiltern Cl
  43. 43 : km 6.44 - alt. 35 m - Keep right to stay on Deringwood Dr
  44. 44 : km 6.47 - alt. 34 m - Enter the roundabout
  45. S/E : km 6.48 - alt. 34 m

Useful Information

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