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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.96 km
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    Calculated time: 3h 20 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 65 m
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    Vertical drop: - 73 m
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    Highest point: 64 m
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    Lowest point: 4 m
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    District: Otham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.26023° / E 0.56954°
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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 0.02 - alt. 34 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Deringwood Dr
  4. 4 : km 0.29 - alt. 44 m - Walk south-west on Deringwood Dr towards Grampian Way
  5. 5 : km 0.66 - alt. 40 m - Walk north-west on Deringwood Dr towards Longham Copse
  6. 6 : km 0.66 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Longham Copse
  7. 7 : km 0.76 - alt. 43 m - Turn right to stay on Longham Copse
  8. 8 : km 0.88 - alt. 40 m - Turn left at Foxden Dr
  9. 9 : km 1 - alt. 49 m - Walk west on Ufton Cl towards Ufton Cl
  10. 10 : km 1.05 - alt. 48 m - Continue straight onto The Beams
  11. 11 : km 1.13 - alt. 55 m - Continue onto Ufton Cl
  12. 12 : km 1.23 - alt. 60 m - Walk west on Chapman Ave towards Willington St
  13. 13 : km 1.31 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Willington St
  14. 14 : km 1.4 - alt. 62 m - Walk west on Greenfields
  15. 15 : km 1.56 - alt. 63 m - Turn left to stay on Greenfields
  16. 16 : km 1.62 - alt. 64 m - Continue onto Rutland Way
  17. 17 : km 1.71 - alt. 63 m - Walk west on Rutland Way towards Oxford Rd
  18. 18 : km 1.81 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Oxford Rd
  19. 19 : km 1.83 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Plains Ave
  20. 20 : km 1.93 - alt. 58 m - Walk north-west on Plains Ave
  21. 21 : km 2.35 - alt. 56 m - Walk north-west on Plains Ave towards S Park Rd
  22. 22 : km 2.62 - alt. 60 m - Walk west on Plains Ave towards Cranborne Ave
  23. 23 : km 2.95 - alt. 63 m - Walk west on Plains Ave towards Marion Cres
  24. 24 : km 3.2 - alt. 61 m - Turn left onto Loose Rd/A229
  25. 25 : km 3.2 - alt. 61 m - Walk north on Loose Rd/A229 towards Plains Ave
  26. 26 : km 3.37 - alt. 57 m - Walk west on Armstrong Rd towards Enterprise Rd
  27. 27 : km 3.68 - alt. 53 m - Walk west on Armstrong Rd
  28. 28 : km 3.77 - alt. 51 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Postley Rd
  29. 29 : km 3.88 - alt. 56 m - Walk north on Postley Rd towards Forest Hill
  30. 30 : km 3.88 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Forest Hill
  31. 31 : km 4.22 - alt. 35 m - Walk west on Forest Hill towards Woolaston Cl
  32. 32 : km 4.45 - alt. 33 m - Continue onto Courtenay Rd
  33. 33 : km 4.63 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto B2010/Tovil Road.
  34. 34 : km 4.71 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight right onto Church Road.
  35. 35 : km 5 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Wharf Road.
  36. 36 : km 5.15 - alt. 5 m - Stay straight to go onto walkway. Proceed northeast (See map for details).
  37. 37 : km 6.4 - alt. 11 m - Go straight.
  38. 38 : km 6.45 - alt. 12 m - Take A229/College Road.
  39. 39 : km 6.46 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Knightrider Street.
  40. 40 : km 6.65 - alt. 13 m - Knightrider Street becomes Mote Road.
  41. 41 : km 7.01 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left onto Square Hill Road.
  42. 42 : km 7.41 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto A20/Ashford Road.
  43. 43 : km 9.24 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Willington Street.
  44. 44 : km 10.09 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Deringwood Drive.
  45. 45 : km 10.15 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight left onto walkway. Proceed east (See map for details).
  46. 46 : km 10.67 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Spot Lane.
  47. 47 : km 10.91 - alt. 32 m - Enter next roundabout and take the 1st exit.
  48. S/E : km 10.96 - alt. 35 m

Useful Information

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