Long Route 15/3/15

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.46 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 80 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 71 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 171 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 115 m
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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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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Start near 4 Tanyard Lane, Alvechurch, Birmingham, Worcestershire B48, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Head north-west on Red Lion St towards Birmingham Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.04 - alt. 116 m - Continue onto Birmingham Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.31 - alt. 121 m - Head north-west
  5. 5 : km 0.32 - alt. 121 m - Exit the roundabout onto Birmingham Rd
  6. 6 : km 0.61 - alt. 123 m - Head north on Birmingham Rd
  7. 7 : km 0.94 - alt. 126 m - Enter the roundabout
  8. 8 : km 1.01 - alt. 126 m - Head west towards Birmingham Rd
  9. 9 : km 1.05 - alt. 127 m - Exit the roundabout onto Bittell Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.4 - alt. 130 m - Head west on Bittell Rd/B4120 towards Bittell Farm Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.92 - alt. 139 m - Head north-west on Bittell Rd/B4120 towards Bittell Farm Rd
  12. 12 : km 2.21 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Bittell Farm Rd
  13. 13 : km 2.22 - alt. 139 m - Head north-east on Bittell Farm Rd
  14. 14 : km 2.67 - alt. 138 m - Head east on Bittell Farm Rd
  15. 15 : km 3.24 - alt. 147 m - Head north-east on Bittell Farm Rd
  16. 16 : km 3.81 - alt. 140 m - Head east on Bittell Farm Rd towards Birmingham Rd/A441
  17. 17 : km 4.18 - alt. 140 m - Head south on Birmingham Rd/A441 towards Canal Side
  18. 18 : km 4.33 - alt. 133 m - Head south on Redditch Rd/A441 towards Smedley Crooke Pl
  19. 19 : km 4.53 - alt. 132 m - Head south on Redditch Rd/A441
  20. 20 : km 4.61 - alt. 131 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Redditch Rd/B4120
  21. 21 : km 4.82 - alt. 133 m - Head south-west on Redditch Rd/B4120 towards Jays Cres
  22. 22 : km 5.06 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto Jays Cres
  23. 23 : km 5.06 - alt. 135 m - Head south-east on Jays Cres towards Pestilence Ln
  24. 24 : km 5.15 - alt. 133 m - Continue onto Old Birmingham Rd
  25. 25 : km 5.18 - alt. 132 m - Head south on Old Birmingham Rd towards The Leys
  26. 26 : km 5.52 - alt. 121 m - Head south on Old Birmingham Rd towards The Leys
  27. 27 : km 5.96 - alt. 127 m - Head west on Old Birmingham Rd
  28. 28 : km 5.97 - alt. 126 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bittell Rd
  29. 29 : km 6.05 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto Aqueduct Ln
  30. 30 : km 6.07 - alt. 127 m - Head south-west on Aqueduct Ln
  31. 31 : km 6.62 - alt. 149 m - Head south-west on Aqueduct Ln towards Sandhills Green
  32. 32 : km 6.96 - alt. 166 m - Turn right onto Sandhills Green
  33. 33 : km 6.97 - alt. 166 m - Head south on Sandhills Green towards Aqueduct Ln
  34. 34 : km 7.12 - alt. 171 m - Turn left onto Coopers Hill
  35. 35 : km 7.13 - alt. 171 m - Head east on Coopers Hill
  36. 36 : km 7.4 - alt. 147 m - Continue onto Callow Hill Rd
  37. 37 : km 7.5 - alt. 142 m - Head south-east on Callow Hill Rd towards Crown Meadow
  38. 38 : km 7.94 - alt. 125 m - Head south-east on Callow Hill Rd
  39. 39 : km 8.06 - alt. 121 m - Enter the roundabout
  40. 40 : km 8.08 - alt. 121 m - Head north-west towards Snake Ln
  41. 41 : km 8.11 - alt. 121 m - Exit the roundabout onto Tanyard Ln
  42. S/E : km 8.46 - alt. 115 m

Useful Information

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