Moira Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 32.69 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 192 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 195 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 133 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 31 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 52 m - Start on Old Portadown Road
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Old Portadown Road
  3. 3 : km 0.33 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto A3
  4. 4 : km 0.96 - alt. 47 m - Keep left onto A3
  5. 5 : km 1.05 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto A3
  6. 6 : km 1.1 - alt. 51 m - Keep right
  7. 7 : km 1.16 - alt. 52 m - Turn right onto Market Street, A3
  8. 8 : km 4.37 - alt. 63 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Belfast Road, A3
  9. 9 : km 8.72 - alt. 71 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Moira Road, A3
  10. 10 : km 9.12 - alt. 63 m - Keep right
  11. 11 : km 9.25 - alt. 58 m - Turn right onto Meeting Street, C360
  12. 12 : km 13.52 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Redhill Road, C361
  13. 13 : km 15.41 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Redhill Road, C361
  14. 14 : km 15.57 - alt. 102 m - Keep left onto Kilntown Road, C360
  15. 15 : km 18.59 - alt. 67 m - Turn sharp right onto Holm Terrace, B2
  16. 16 : km 18.78 - alt. 69 m - Keep right onto Ballynaris Hill
  17. 17 : km 19.73 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Lurgan Road, B2
  18. 18 : km 29.67 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Belfast Road, A3
  19. 19 : km 31.73 - alt. 51 m - Keep left onto Market Street, A3
  20. 20 : km 31.86 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight right onto A3
  21. E : km 32.69 - alt. 44 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Northern Ireland’s largest and most beautiful urban park, the second largest public park in Ireland.

Walking Bann Boulevard, Portadown

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↔2.74 km ↗+6 m ↘-6 m ◔0h 50 ▲Easy
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Walking From Moira to Aghalee, Broad Water Trail

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↔5.20 km ↗+6 m ↘-12 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
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Walking Banbridge Riverside and Solitude Park

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↔5.46 km ↗+8 m ↘-8 m ◔1h 35 ▲Easy
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"Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
One morning in July
down a boreen green came a sweet colleen,
and she smiled as she passed me by."
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↔2.18 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔0h 40 ▲Easy
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