Nightingale Woods 11.7

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.88 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 30 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 25 m
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    Vertical drop: - 30 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 112 m
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    Lowest point: 87 m
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Description

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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/E : km 0 - alt. 112 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.09 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Liden Drive
  3. 3 : km 1.43 - alt. 103 m - Keep right onto Liden Drive
  4. 4 : km 1.48 - alt. 103 m - Turn slight right onto Wheatstone Road, B4006
  5. 5 : km 1.58 - alt. 104 m - Keep left onto B4006
  6. 6 : km 1.69 - alt. 102 m - Keep right onto Faraday Road
  7. 7 : km 2.36 - alt. 94 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Murdock Road
  8. 8 : km 2.52 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.79 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Kestrel Drive
  10. 10 : km 2.83 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto St. Paul's Drive
  11. 11 : km 3.24 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Kingfisher Drive
  12. 12 : km 3.35 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Merlin Way
  13. 13 : km 3.94 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 4.33 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Wanborough Road
  15. 15 : km 4.58 - alt. 103 m - Keep right
  16. 16 : km 4.61 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 4.62 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 5.26 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto A420
  19. 19 : km 5.32 - alt. 103 m - At roundabout, take exit 2
  20. 20 : km 5.48 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Thornhill Road
  21. 21 : km 5.73 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 5.99 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 6.79 - alt. 92 m - Turn left onto Old Vicarage Lane
  24. 24 : km 6.85 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Lane
  25. 25 : km 7.76 - alt. 96 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Wood
  26. 26 : km 8.1 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Nightingale Wood
  27. 27 : km 8.17 - alt. 98 m - Turn left onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  28. 28 : km 9 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  29. 29 : km 9.28 - alt. 94 m - Keep left onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  30. 30 : km 10.34 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  31. 31 : km 10.41 - alt. 97 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Woods Cycle Ride
  32. 32 : km 10.72 - alt. 97 m - Turn right onto Nightingale Wood
  33. 33 : km 11.06 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Nightingale Lane
  34. 34 : km 11.97 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Old Vicarage Lane
  35. 35 : km 12.04 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 12.83 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 13.09 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Thornhill Road
  38. 38 : km 13.32 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Thornhill Road
  39. 39 : km 13.44 - alt. 103 m - Keep right
  40. 40 : km 13.47 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A420
  41. 41 : km 13.56 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 13.57 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto A420
  43. 43 : km 13.86 - alt. 99 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Merlin Way, A420
  44. 44 : km 14.02 - alt. 100 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A4312
  45. 45 : km 14.24 - alt. 102 m - Keep left onto Wanborough Road
  46. 46 : km 14.55 - alt. 100 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 14.93 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Merlin Way
  48. 48 : km 15.53 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Kingfisher Drive
  49. 49 : km 15.64 - alt. 95 m - Turn left onto St. Paul's Drive
  50. 50 : km 16.05 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Kestrel Drive
  51. 51 : km 16.08 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 16.36 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Murdock Road
  53. 53 : km 16.49 - alt. 95 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Faraday Road
  54. 54 : km 17.24 - alt. 103 m - Keep right onto B4006
  55. 55 : km 17.29 - alt. 104 m - Turn slight right onto Wheatstone Road, B4006
  56. 56 : km 17.4 - alt. 103 m - Keep left onto Liden Drive
  57. 57 : km 17.51 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Austen Crescent
  58. 58 : km 17.53 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Liden Drive
  59. 59 : km 18.81 - alt. 109 m - Turn left
  60. 60 : km 18.86 - alt. 112 m - Keep left
  61. S/E : km 18.88 - alt. 112 m

Useful Information

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