Just The Half

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 22.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 81 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 82 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 167 m
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    Lowest point: 122 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 139 m - Start near 41-52 Cole Green, Shirley, Solihull 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 0.77 - alt. 133 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto High St
  6. 6 : km 1.93 - alt. 151 m - Continue onto Maypole Ln
  7. 7 : km 3.07 - alt. 163 m - Walk west on Maypole Ln
  8. 8 : km 3.11 - alt. 164 m - Slight left to stay on Maypole Ln
  9. 9 : km 3.14 - alt. 165 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Alcester Rd S
  10. 10 : km 3.8 - alt. 151 m - Walk south-east on Alcester Rd towards New Rd
  11. 11 : km 5.49 - alt. 162 m - Walk south on Alcester Rd towards Drakes Cl
  12. 12 : km 6.69 - alt. 167 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 6.8 - alt. 165 m - Walk west
  14. 14 : km 6.83 - alt. 166 m - Turn left towards Station Rd
  15. 15 : km 6.84 - alt. 166 m - Turn left onto Station Rd
  16. 16 : km 8.08 - alt. 154 m - Walk north-east on Station Rd towards Littleshaw Ln
  17. 17 : km 8.31 - alt. 149 m - Station Rd turns slightly right and becomes Norton Ln
  18. 18 : km 9.15 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Fulford Hall Rd
  19. 19 : km 9.39 - alt. 150 m - Walk north on Fulford Hall Rd towards Dickens Heath Rd
  20. 20 : km 9.62 - alt. 150 m - Continue onto Tilehouse Ln
  21. 21 : km 11.13 - alt. 144 m - Slight right onto Haslucks Green Rd
  22. 22 : km 11.45 - alt. 140 m - Walk north on Haslucks Green Rd towards Rushleigh Rd
  23. 23 : km 12.05 - alt. 131 m - Turn right onto Bills Ln
  24. 24 : km 12.34 - alt. 144 m - Turn left to stay on Bills Ln
  25. 25 : km 12.36 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Neville Rd
  26. 26 : km 12.4 - alt. 143 m - Walk south-east on Neville Rd towards Bills Ln
  27. 27 : km 12.76 - alt. 146 m - Turn left onto Bills Ln
  28. 28 : km 13.56 - alt. 140 m - Walk north-east on Bills Ln towards Queens Ave
  29. 29 : km 13.85 - alt. 143 m - Continue onto Church Rd
  30. 30 : km 14.07 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A34
  31. 31 : km 15.55 - alt. 146 m - Turn right onto Green Hill Way
  32. 32 : km 15.56 - alt. 146 m - Walk south-west on Green Hill Way towards Stratford Rd/A34
  33. 33 : km 15.57 - alt. 146 m - Turn right onto Stratford Rd/A34
  34. 34 : km 15.91 - alt. 145 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Robin Hood Ln
  35. 35 : km 16.68 - alt. 140 m - Walk north-west on Robin Hood Ln towards Etwall Rd
  36. 36 : km 16.81 - alt. 139 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Highfield Rd
  37. 37 : km 17.35 - alt. 134 m - Walk south-west on Highfield Rd
  38. 38 : km 17.35 - alt. 134 m - Walk south-west on Highfield Rd towards Cole Valley Rd
  39. 39 : km 17.66 - alt. 123 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Priory Rd
  40. 40 : km 17.8 - alt. 125 m - Slight left to stay on Priory Rd
  41. 41 : km 19.09 - alt. 134 m - Continue onto Windmill Rd
  42. 42 : km 19.22 - alt. 136 m - Walk south on Windmill Rd towards Coton Grove
  43. 43 : km 19.3 - alt. 134 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto High St
  44. 44 : km 20.14 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Peterbrook Rd
  45. 45 : km 20.22 - alt. 149 m - Walk south-east on Peterbrook Rd towards Hargrave Rd
  46. 46 : km 21.16 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Aqueduct Rd
  47. 47 : km 21.38 - alt. 127 m - Walk north on Aqueduct Rd towards Eversleigh Ct
  48. 48 : km 21.55 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Green Ln
  49. 49 : km 21.77 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto Cole Green
  50. S/E : km 22 - alt. 139 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

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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