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Activity: Walking
Distance: 25.45 km
Calculated time: 7h 45
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 177 m
Vertical drop: - 168 m
Highest point: 113 m
Lowest point: 23 m

Country: United Kingdom
District: Barnsley
Start/End: N 53.571597° / W 1.413268°
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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

S/E : km 0 - alt. 63 m - Start on White Cross Road
2 : km 0.1 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto Darfield Road
3 : km 4.91 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Saltersbrook Road
4 : km 6.58 - alt. 41 m - Enter roundabout
5 : km 6.97 - alt. 28 m - Keep left onto Rotherham Road
6 : km 7.02 - alt. 28 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rotherham Road
7 : km 8.83 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Thurnscoe Lane
8 : km 8.85 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto High Street
9 : km 14.99 - alt. 65 m - Keep right onto Southmoor Road
10 : km 15.01 - alt. 65 m - Turn sharp right onto Southmoor Road
11 : km 15.04 - alt. 67 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Hemsworth Bypass
12 : km 16.48 - alt. 93 m - Keep right onto Hemsworth Bypass
13 : km 16.53 - alt. 92 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Barewell Hill
14 : km 16.56 - alt. 92 m - Turn slight right onto Barewell Hill
15 : km 17.17 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Robin Lane
16 : km 19.51 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Kirkgate Lane
17 : km 20.31 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto High Well Hill Lane
18 : km 20.43 - alt. 75 m - Keep left onto Slack Lane
19 : km 20.85 - alt. 72 m - Turn left onto Sandybridge Lane
20 : km 23.03 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp left onto Pontefract Road
21 : km 23.27 - alt. 72 m - Keep right onto Pontefract Road
22 : km 23.29 - alt. 72 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Pontefract Road
23 : km 24.63 - alt. 74 m - Turn left onto Snydale Road
24 : km 25.36 - alt. 65 m - Turn right onto White Cross Road
S/E : km 25.45 - alt. 64 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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