Duddingston - Willowbrae - Pleasance Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.16 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 59 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 64 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 85 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 29 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 85 m - Start on Holyrood Park Road
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 85 m - Turn left onto Holyrood Park Road
  3. 3 : km 0.34 - alt. 76 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.46 - alt. 78 m - Turn right onto Queen's Drive
  5. 5 : km 0.77 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.78 - alt. 69 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.86 - alt. 67 m - Keep right
  8. 8 : km 0.91 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 0.92 - alt. 61 m - Turn right onto The Innocent Railway
  10. 10 : km 2.26 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Duddingston Road West
  11. 11 : km 3.75 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Willowbrae Road
  12. 12 : km 5.14 - alt. 30 m - Turn sharp right onto Portobello Road
  13. 13 : km 5.56 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Meadowbank Terrace
  14. 14 : km 5.75 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Royal Park Terrace
  15. 15 : km 6.67 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Croft-an-Righ
  16. 16 : km 6.72 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Abbeyhill
  17. 17 : km 6.78 - alt. 35 m - Keep right onto Abbeyhill
  18. 18 : km 6.79 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Abbey Mount
  19. 19 : km 7.06 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Canongate
  20. 20 : km 7.22 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Reid's Close
  21. 21 : km 7.35 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Holyrood Road
  22. 22 : km 7.87 - alt. 56 m - Turn sharp left onto Pleasance
  23. 23 : km 8.65 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 8.75 - alt. 76 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 8.76 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto St Leonard's Street
  26. S/E : km 9.16 - alt. 85 m

Useful Information

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