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Irwell Sculpture Trail

Waymarked Way · Manchester Greater

1,000

XP

a 2-day route

Strenuous
55.1 km
Linear
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

474 m

Drop

233 m

Highest

403 m

Lowest

19 m

Walking time

about 11 h 57 min

A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Uphill: Easy first 51.1 km, climbs 12% for 430 m near the end, no steep descents.

Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 12% for 430 m early on.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main climb: km 53.7–55.8, from 313 m to 403 m.

How the 55.8 km splits

Flat

44.9 km

Climbing

6.4 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.5 km

Descending

4.0 km

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Irwell River Park

Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 22.5

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Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 0.5…

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Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 1.1

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Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 2.9

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Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 11.9, 12.3, 12.4

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Crosses at km 43.9

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