10 Mile Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 16.60 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 00 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 99 m
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    Vertical drop: - 93 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 199 m
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    Lowest point: 115 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 121 m - Start near Old Rectory Ln, Alvechurch, Birmingham B48, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 121 m - Walk north-east on Old Rectory Ln towards Radford Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.47 - alt. 117 m - Walk south-east on Old Rectory Ln towards Radford Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.78 - alt. 122 m - Walk south-east on Old Rectory Ln towards Radford Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.85 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Radford Rd
  6. 6 : km 1.12 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-east on Radford Rd towards Pestilence Ln
  7. 7 : km 1.43 - alt. 123 m - Walk east on Radford Rd towards Pestilence Ln
  8. 8 : km 1.66 - alt. 116 m - Walk east on Radford Rd towards Rowney Green Ln
  9. 9 : km 1.92 - alt. 118 m - Walk east on Radford Rd
  10. 10 : km 2.26 - alt. 130 m - Walk north-east on Radford Rd
  11. 11 : km 2.59 - alt. 139 m - Walk north-east on Radford Rd
  12. 12 : km 2.75 - alt. 141 m - Walk north-east on Radford Rd towards Watery Ln
  13. 13 : km 3.21 - alt. 145 m - Walk north-east on Radford Rd towards Watery Ln
  14. 14 : km 3.31 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Watery Ln
  15. 15 : km 3.95 - alt. 129 m - Walk north on Watery Ln towards Stonehouse Ln
  16. 16 : km 4.49 - alt. 128 m - Walk north-west on Watery Ln towards Stonehouse Ln
  17. 17 : km 4.82 - alt. 133 m - Walk north on Watery Ln towards Lea End Ln
  18. 18 : km 4.97 - alt. 134 m - Turn left onto Lea End Ln
  19. 19 : km 5.45 - alt. 139 m - Walk north-west on Lea End Ln towards Wasthill Ln
  20. 20 : km 5.99 - alt. 141 m - Walk north-west on Lea End Ln towards Wasthill Ln
  21. 21 : km 6.6 - alt. 154 m - Walk south-west on Lea End Ln towards Birmingham Rd/A441
  22. 22 : km 6.77 - alt. 157 m - Turn right onto Birmingham Rd/A441
  23. 23 : km 6.78 - alt. 157 m - Walk south on Birmingham Rd/A441 towards Lea End Ln
  24. 24 : km 7 - alt. 150 m - Walk south on Birmingham Rd/A441 towards The Dr
  25. 25 : km 7.23 - alt. 144 m - Walk south on Birmingham Rd/A441 towards Bittell Farm Rd
  26. 26 : km 12.21 - alt. 138 m - Walk west on Grange Ln towards Cobley Hill
  27. 27 : km 12.57 - alt. 170 m - Walk north-west on Grange Ln towards Cobley Hill
  28. 28 : km 12.91 - alt. 190 m - Continue onto Stoney Ln
  29. 29 : km 12.92 - alt. 190 m - Walk south-west on Stoney Ln towards Cobley Hill
  30. 30 : km 12.93 - alt. 190 m - Turn right onto Cobley Hill
  31. 31 : km 13.29 - alt. 188 m - Walk north on Cobley Hill towards Scarfield Hill
  32. 32 : km 13.68 - alt. 192 m - Turn right onto Scarfield Hill
  33. 33 : km 13.69 - alt. 193 m - Walk east on Scarfield Hill towards Foxhill Ln
  34. 34 : km 13.76 - alt. 196 m - Turn left onto Foxhill Ln
  35. 35 : km 13.88 - alt. 197 m - Walk north on Foxhill Ln towards Wheeley Rd
  36. 36 : km 14.33 - alt. 199 m - Walk north on Foxhill Ln towards Wheeley Rd
  37. 37 : km 14.37 - alt. 199 m - Foxhill Ln turns slightly right and becomes Coopers Hill
  38. 38 : km 14.61 - alt. 189 m - Walk north-east on Coopers Hill towards Sandhills Green
  39. 39 : km 14.97 - alt. 180 m - Walk east on Coopers Hill towards Sandhills Green
  40. 40 : km 15.2 - alt. 174 m - Walk east on Coopers Hill towards Sandhills Green
  41. 41 : km 15.5 - alt. 147 m - Continue onto Callow Hill Rd
  42. 42 : km 15.58 - alt. 143 m - Walk south-east on Callow Hill Rd towards Crown Meadow
  43. 43 : km 15.85 - alt. 132 m - Walk south-east on Callow Hill Rd towards Crown Meadow
  44. 44 : km 15.98 - alt. 127 m - Walk north-east on Crown Meadow towards Glebe Rd
  45. 45 : km 16.17 - alt. 134 m - Walk north-east on Crown Meadow towards Heron Cl
  46. 46 : km 16.28 - alt. 130 m - Walk north-east on Crown Meadow towards Swans Length
  47. 47 : km 16.3 - alt. 129 m - Slight right
  48. 48 : km 16.38 - alt. 125 m - Walk east towards Birmingham Rd
  49. 49 : km 16.44 - alt. 123 m - Continue onto Old Rectory Ln
  50. S/E : km 16.6 - alt. 121 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Lickey & Waseley Hills

Walker
Lickey & Waseley Hills
↔8.02 km ↗+182 m ↘-177 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lickey and Blackwell CP (Worcestershire)

Lickey hills leading to the Waseley Hills and back starting from the Beacon on the Lickey Hills looking over at Malvern to the south.

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 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 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 The Lakes to Earlswood Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔6.04 km ↗+17 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire)

This is a scenically varied walk between The Lakes and Earlswood railway stations. You’ll take in all three reservoirs making up Earlswood Lakes - and pass through Clowes Wood & New Fallings Coppice.

Walking Wood End Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔3.57 km ↗+61 m ↘-61 m ◔1h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire)

This circular route from Wood End station takes you through some beautiful Warwickshire countryside and the picture perfect village of Tanworth-in-Arden.
⚠️ The railway crossing part is apparently completely blocked off currently 'for safety reasons', please read the reviews and if you have done the walk please let us know how it went to help the author.

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 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.

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