15.5km Blackburn Trail

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 15.42 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 110 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 106 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 122 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 35 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ecclesfield 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.461289° / W 1.46808°
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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. 80 m - Start on Smith Street
  2. 2 : km 0.16 - alt. 75 m - Turn slight left onto Ecclesfield Road, A6135
  3. 3 : km 0.18 - alt. 75 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Cowley Lane, A629
  4. 4 : km 0.26 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.28 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.92 - alt. 81 m - Turn sharp right
  7. 7 : km 1.01 - alt. 89 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 1.07 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto White Lane, A6135
  9. 9 : km 1.14 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Coppice Rise
  10. 10 : km 2.45 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.51 - alt. 93 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.63 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Cowley Lane, A629
  13. 13 : km 2.67 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Cowley Way
  14. 14 : km 2.93 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 3.18 - alt. 98 m - Keep right
  16. 16 : km 3.8 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Blackburn Valley Trail
  17. 17 : km 7.56 - alt. 38 m - Keep right
  18. 18 : km 7.59 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Fife Street
  19. 19 : km 7.72 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Ecclesfield Road, B6082
  20. 20 : km 7.83 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 8.16 - alt. 61 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 8.28 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
  23. 23 : km 8.62 - alt. 64 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 8.82 - alt. 56 m - Keep left
  25. 25 : km 9.47 - alt. 56 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 9.62 - alt. 61 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 9.8 - alt. 61 m - Keep right
  28. 28 : km 9.86 - alt. 55 m - Turn slight right
  29. 29 : km 9.88 - alt. 55 m - Turn slight right
  30. 30 : km 9.89 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Ecclesfield Road, B6082
  31. 31 : km 10.02 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 10.85 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Green Lane, B6082
  33. 33 : km 11.42 - alt. 57 m - Keep right
  34. 34 : km 11.6 - alt. 57 m - Keep left onto The Common, A6135
  35. 35 : km 12.52 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Hunshelf Lane
  36. 36 : km 13.87 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 13.93 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Chapel Road
  38. 38 : km 13.93 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Cypress Gate
  39. 39 : km 14.03 - alt. 112 m - Turn slight right
  40. 40 : km 14.08 - alt. 109 m - Turn left onto Hornbeam Close
  41. 41 : km 14.19 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Acacia Avenue
  42. 42 : km 14.2 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Acacia Avenue
  43. 43 : km 14.32 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Cedar Way
  44. 44 : km 14.39 - alt. 103 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 14.41 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 14.42 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto Lime Grove
  47. 47 : km 14.43 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 14.47 - alt. 101 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 14.5 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp right
  50. 50 : km 14.85 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight right
  51. 51 : km 14.87 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Upper Ley Court
  52. 52 : km 14.88 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Nether Ley Avenue
  53. 53 : km 14.96 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Berry Holme Drive
  54. 54 : km 15.17 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 15.22 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Ecclesfield Road, A6135
  56. 56 : km 15.26 - alt. 76 m - Turn left
  57. 57 : km 15.3 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Smith Street
  58. S/E : km 15.42 - alt. 80 m

Useful Information

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