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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 20.21 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 61 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 60 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 167 m
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    Lowest point: 122 m
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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 139 m - Start near 62 Cole Green, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands B90 1AD, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 139 m - Walk west on Cole Green towards Green Ln
  3. 3 : km 0.22 - alt. 138 m - Turn right onto Green Ln
  4. 4 : km 0.44 - alt. 128 m - Continue onto Aqueduct Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.7 - alt. 130 m - Walk north-west on Aqueduct Rd
  6. 6 : km 0.77 - alt. 133 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto High St
  7. 7 : km 1.93 - alt. 151 m - Continue onto Maypole Ln
  8. 8 : km 2.27 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Westfield Ave
  9. 9 : km 2.27 - alt. 153 m - Walk north on Westfield Ave towards Maypole Ln
  10. 10 : km 2.28 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Maypole Ln
  11. 11 : km 3.11 - alt. 164 m - Walk south-west on Maypole Ln
  12. 12 : km 3.15 - alt. 165 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Alcester Rd S
  13. 13 : km 3.28 - alt. 162 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd S towards Arundel Rd
  14. 14 : km 3.66 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Highters Heath Ln
  15. 15 : km 3.67 - alt. 155 m - Walk south-west on Highters Heath Ln towards Alcester Rd S
  16. 16 : km 3.68 - alt. 155 m - Turn left onto Alcester Rd
  17. 17 : km 4.01 - alt. 158 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd towards Hollywood Ln
  18. 18 : km 4.07 - alt. 160 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd towards Dark Ln
  19. 19 : km 4.71 - alt. 162 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd towards Packhorse Ln
  20. 20 : km 5.27 - alt. 162 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd towards Shawhurst Ln
  21. 21 : km 6.68 - alt. 166 m - Slight right to stay on Alcester Rd
  22. 22 : km 6.68 - alt. 167 m - Walk north-east on Alcester Rd
  23. 23 : km 6.69 - alt. 166 m - Turn right to stay on Alcester Rd
  24. 24 : km 6.73 - alt. 167 m - Turn left towards Station Rd
  25. 25 : km 6.8 - alt. 166 m - Turn right towards Station Rd
  26. 26 : km 6.82 - alt. 166 m - Turn left onto Station Rd
  27. 27 : km 7.73 - alt. 156 m - Walk north-east on Station Rd towards The Spinney
  28. 28 : km 8.28 - alt. 149 m - Station Rd turns slightly right and becomes Norton Ln
  29. 29 : km 8.6 - alt. 139 m - Turn left onto Lowbrook Ln
  30. 30 : km 9.21 - alt. 150 m - Slight left onto Tilehouse Ln
  31. 31 : km 9.39 - alt. 151 m - Walk north-east on Tilehouse Ln towards Birchy Leasowes Ln
  32. 32 : km 10.58 - alt. 144 m - Walk north on Tilehouse Ln towards Haslucks Green Rd
  33. 33 : km 10.72 - alt. 144 m - Slight right onto Haslucks Green Rd
  34. 34 : km 11.57 - alt. 131 m - Walk north-east on Haslucks Green Rd towards Bills Ln
  35. 35 : km 11.64 - alt. 131 m - Turn right onto Bills Ln
  36. 36 : km 11.9 - alt. 143 m - Walk south-east on Bills Ln towards Langcomb Rd
  37. 37 : km 12.57 - alt. 145 m - Walk north-east on Bills Ln towards Tyberry Cl
  38. 38 : km 13.04 - alt. 140 m - Walk north-east on Bills Ln towards Queens Ave
  39. 39 : km 13.4 - alt. 143 m - Continue onto Church Rd
  40. 40 : km 13.62 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A34
  41. 41 : km 13.63 - alt. 144 m - Walk north on Stratford Rd/A34
  42. 42 : km 14.48 - alt. 146 m - Walk north-west on Stratford Rd/A34 towards Jacey Rd
  43. 43 : km 16.32 - alt. 140 m - Walk south on Stratford Rd/A34 towards Highfield Rd/A4040
  44. 44 : km 16.33 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Highfield Rd/A4040
  45. 45 : km 17.77 - alt. 123 m - Walk south on Highfield Rd
  46. 46 : km 17.78 - alt. 123 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Priory Rd
  47. 47 : km 17.92 - alt. 125 m - Slight left to stay on Priory Rd
  48. 48 : km 19.21 - alt. 134 m - Continue onto Windmill Rd
  49. 49 : km 19.4 - alt. 134 m - Walk south on Windmill Rd
  50. 50 : km 19.41 - alt. 134 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Aqueduct Rd
  51. 51 : km 19.77 - alt. 128 m - Continue onto Green Ln
  52. 52 : km 19.98 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto Cole Green
  53. S/E : km 20.21 - alt. 139 m

Useful Information

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Walking Shirley to The Lakes Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔7.85 km ↗+13 m ↘-4 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

On this trail from Shirley you’ll follow the tranquil towpath of the Stratford- upon-Avon Canal, cross Christmas tree plantations, farmland and forests, and skirt Dickens Heath before reaching Earlswood Lakes.

Walking Whitlocks End to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔2.64 km ↗+4 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail is a short walk between the stations of Shirley and Whitlock’s End, passing by Dicken’s Heath. The route takes you through farmland, a Christmas Tree plantation and crosses the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.

Walking Wythall to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔4.47 km ↗+10 m ↘-21 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)

This trail is a linear walk between the stations of Wythall and Shirley. A wander through the pasture and meadows around the outer Shirley suburbs of Major’s Green and Hollywood (once a wood with some holly in it – no connection with Los Angeles!). Eyes peeled for the Iron Age hillfort!
If spending a little time in Wythall, check out the extensive collections of buses and battery electric vehicles at the Transport Museum or explore the 37 acres of Wythall Park. On the trail you’ll pass the Berry Mound Iron Age Hill Fort and nearby Berry Mound Pastures, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Walking Clowes Wood and Terry's Pool from Wythall Station

Walker
↔8.82 km ↗+25 m ↘-21 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)

A walk starting and returning to Wythall Station, with opportunities to explore further. Fifty species of birds breed here in the woods. Wildflowers to be seen include bluebell, lily of the valley, cow-wheat, and bilberry. The Earlswood Lakes were constructed in the 1820s to provide water to the Stratford upon Avon canal. The labour force included prisoners of war from the Napoleonic wars.

Walking Solihull Railway Station to Malvern and Brueton Park, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔8.96 km ↗+15 m ↘-15 m ◔2h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail takes you through Solihull town centre with lovely views of St. Alphege Church, through two beautiful parks and along a stretch of the River Blythe. Keep an eye out for the 15th century Manor House on the high street, the Joseph Boehm statue in Malvern Park, and the blue tits, woodpeckers, long-tailed tits and nuthatches at Parkridge Nature Reserve.

Walking Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood

Walker
Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood
↔4.54 km ↗+10 m ↘-20 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

Easy to moderate loop along the lakes and into the woods, ideal for wildlife and train spotting. An alternative and easier route is available avoiding the woodland part.

Walking Earlswood to Wythall Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔2.65 km ↗+6 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This short linear trail passes through Kidpile Farm and Fulford Heath, crosses the River Cole and skirts the James Braid designed Fulford Golf Course into Wythall.

Walking Olton to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔12.42 km ↗+29 m ↘-11 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail from Olton follows the towpath along the Grand Union Canal to Tyseley, before turning on to the River Cole and taking you through the four mile long Shire Country Park – Tolkein country – and on into Shirley. You can detour at a couple of points to finish at Hall Green or Yardley Wood stations. As you leave Olton station you’ll see the Saxon King on Horse stainless steel sculpture.

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