21K Loop, Bridgewater Canal, Upper Brook

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 21.36 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 27 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 27 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 50 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 21 m
  • ⚐
    District: Manchester 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.442436° / W 2.199405°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 48 m - Start on Slade Lane
  2. 2 : km 0.12 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.46 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.48 - alt. 47 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.51 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Fallowfield Loop
  6. 6 : km 1.41 - alt. 39 m - Keep left onto Fallowfield Loop
  7. 7 : km 1.43 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight right
  8. 8 : km 1.72 - alt. 37 m - Turn sharp left onto Fallowfield Loop
  9. 9 : km 1.95 - alt. 35 m - Keep left onto Fallowfield Loop
  10. 10 : km 4.88 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 5.11 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Sandy Lane
  12. 12 : km 5.44 - alt. 28 m - Keep left onto High Lane, A5145
  13. 13 : km 5.52 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Cross Road
  14. 14 : km 5.71 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Beech Road
  15. 15 : km 5.87 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Neale Road
  16. 16 : km 5.93 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Crossland Road
  17. 17 : km 6.15 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight left onto Chorlton Green
  18. 18 : km 6.17 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Brookburn Road
  19. 19 : km 6.31 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 6.82 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 7.46 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Trans Pennine Trail
  22. 22 : km 7.64 - alt. 22 m - Turn slight left onto Hawthorn Road
  23. 23 : km 8.23 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp right
  24. 24 : km 8.24 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight right
  25. 25 : km 8.25 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 8.27 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Bridgewater Way
  27. 27 : km 9.5 - alt. 25 m - Keep right onto Bridgewater Way
  28. 28 : km 10.33 - alt. 26 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 12.68 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left onto Bridgewater Canal Towpath
  30. 30 : km 12.73 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 13.84 - alt. 26 m - Keep left
  32. 32 : km 14.92 - alt. 26 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 14.93 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Merchant's Bridge
  34. 34 : km 15.01 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
  35. 35 : km 15.04 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Castle Street
  36. 36 : km 15.06 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 16.01 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
  38. 38 : km 16.2 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Atwood Street
  39. 39 : km 16.25 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Whitworth Street West, B6469
  40. 40 : km 16.31 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Princess Street, A34
  41. 41 : km 16.84 - alt. 34 m - Keep left onto Brook Street, A34
  42. 42 : km 20.85 - alt. 45 m - Keep left onto Birchfields Road, A34
  43. 43 : km 20.89 - alt. 45 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Moseley Road, A34
  44. 44 : km 20.97 - alt. 47 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kingsway, A5079
  45. 45 : km 21.04 - alt. 46 m - Keep right onto Moseley Road, B5093
  46. 46 : km 21.09 - alt. 46 m - Turn sharp right onto Fortuna Grove
  47. 47 : km 21.15 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Monica Grove
  48. S/E : km 21.36 - alt. 48 m

Useful Information

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