New Tuesday Winter Run 3
Full Route 12.8km
(Former Friday Run with Amendments)
Route Description
- Leave Broomfields via the main gate, turn left and follow Broomfields Road until the junction with London Road.
- Turn Left and follow London Road for just over 1 mile, crossing Lyons Lane at the traffic lights. Climb gently up past the Golf Club on the right hand side, and passing on the left Fairways, and Dudlow Green Road.
- At the mini roundabout turn Left onto Longwood Road.
- Follow Longwood Road for just less than 2 miles, during which the road drops gently away, bends and turns, has houses on both sides and few other landmarks other than a red post box at the junction with Chiswick Gardens on the right approximately 1.5 Miles along Longwood Road.
- Eventually you come to a mini roundabout with a clearly defined pedestrian crossing over Witherwin Avenue on the right. Turn right onto Witherwin Avenue; drop down the hill and up the other more gentle slope on the other side. Pass Lumb Brook Road on the Left and at the next mini roundabout turn Left onto Astor Drive.
- Follow Astor Drive as it bends to the right, and then turn right into Wolfe Close.
- As the close bends to the left, take the obvious footpath on the right.
- After only 30 m this footpath forks, take the left hand path.
- After 150m pass through the trees and take a sharp left turn.
- Follow this well lit footpath on until it joins Broad Lane.
- Turn Left onto Broad Lane, on reaching the end after approx. 300m turn left onto Church Lane.
- Cross the canal via the humped back bridge and turn left onto Chester Road and cross onto the right hand side away from the canal.
- Follow Chester Road for about 1500m then turn right onto Ackers Road.
- At the fork in the road after 1200m, go left over the Cantilever Bridge.
- Once you are over the bridge turn left on Station Road.
- At the bottom of the hill turn left in front of the Football Ground and continue onto Loushers Lane.
- Follow Loushers Lane as it passes Priestley College on your right.
- At the traffic lights cross straight over onto Gainsborough Road, and continue until the end when you turn left onto Chester Road.
- Cross the Swing Bridge, turn left at The Stag onto Ellesmere Road and continue on until the traffic lights.
- Turn right at the lights onto London Road and run through the village.
- Cross London Road at the crossing next to the London Bridge.
- Turn left on to Dingleway, then right at the Church onto Broomfields Road; continue straight on into Broomfields via the main gate.