5mile To Underbank Via Cycle Track

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.12 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 103 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 101 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 222 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 149 m
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Description

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(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/E : km 0 - alt. 149 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.13 - alt. 149 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 153 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.29 - alt. 154 m - Turn slight left onto Upper Don Trail
  5. 5 : km 0.47 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Samuel Fox Avenue
  6. 6 : km 0.55 - alt. 152 m - Keep right onto Upper Don Trail
  7. 7 : km 0.75 - alt. 159 m - Turn right onto Samuel Fox Avenue
  8. 8 : km 0.77 - alt. 162 m - Turn left onto Fox Valley Way
  9. 9 : km 0.97 - alt. 152 m - Turn left onto Hunshelf Road
  10. 10 : km 1.34 - alt. 185 m - Turn sharp right
  11. 11 : km 1.38 - alt. 185 m - Turn right onto Hunshelf Road
  12. 12 : km 1.45 - alt. 189 m - Keep right onto Little Don Cycleway Link
  13. 13 : km 2.94 - alt. 191 m - Turn left onto Underbank Lane
  14. 14 : km 3.08 - alt. 178 m - Turn sharp right onto Manchester Road
  15. 15 : km 3.12 - alt. 176 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 3.14 - alt. 176 m - Turn right onto Manchester Road
  17. 17 : km 3.67 - alt. 186 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 3.68 - alt. 184 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 3.71 - alt. 184 m - Turn sharp left
  20. 20 : km 3.97 - alt. 185 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 3.98 - alt. 185 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 4.63 - alt. 184 m - Keep left
  23. 23 : km 4.64 - alt. 185 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 4.66 - alt. 185 m - Turn left onto Clay Pits Lane
  25. 25 : km 4.66 - alt. 185 m - Turn right onto Cross Lane
  26. 26 : km 5.12 - alt. 196 m - Turn left onto Winston Avenue
  27. 27 : km 5.19 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Churchill Road
  28. 28 : km 5.36 - alt. 187 m - Turn right onto Newton Avenue
  29. 29 : km 6.08 - alt. 194 m - Turn sharp right onto Sitwell Avenue
  30. 30 : km 6.08 - alt. 195 m - Turn left onto Smith Road
  31. 31 : km 6.14 - alt. 195 m - Turn left onto Melbourne Road
  32. 32 : km 6.45 - alt. 205 m - Turn right onto Woolley Road
  33. 33 : km 6.52 - alt. 199 m - Turn right onto Ridal Avenue
  34. 34 : km 6.8 - alt. 194 m - Turn sharp right onto Sitwell Avenue
  35. 35 : km 6.8 - alt. 195 m - Turn left onto Smith Road
  36. 36 : km 6.99 - alt. 186 m - Turn left onto Coronation Road
  37. 37 : km 7.27 - alt. 176 m - Keep left
  38. 38 : km 7.38 - alt. 162 m - Turn right onto Manchester Road
  39. 39 : km 7.94 - alt. 158 m - Turn left onto Fox Valley Way
  40. 40 : km 8.05 - alt. 149 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fox Valley Way
  41. 41 : km 8.11 - alt. 149 m - Turn left
  42. S/E : km 8.12 - alt. 149 m

Useful Information

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