4.7 Mile Darlaston Canal

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 7.70 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 5 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 5 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 132 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 124 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sandwell 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.5465° / W 2.0497°
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 129 m - Start near The Gospel Oak, 1 Bilston Rd, Tipton DY4 0BT, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 129 m - Walk north on Bilston Rd/A4098
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 129 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 129 m - Walk west towards Bilston Rd/A4098
  5. 5 : km 0.13 - alt. 129 m - Turn right onto Bilston Rd/A4098
  6. 6 : km 0.27 - alt. 128 m - Walk north on Bilston Rd/A4098 towards Myrtle Terrace
  7. 7 : km 0.39 - alt. 128 m - Walk north on Bilston Rd/A4098
  8. 8 : km 0.51 - alt. 130 m - Walk north on Bilston Rd/A4098
  9. 9 : km 0.52 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 0.55 - alt. 128 m - Walk north-east
  11. 11 : km 0.63 - alt. 127 m - Walk north-east
  12. 12 : km 0.73 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-east
  13. 13 : km 0.89 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-east
  14. 14 : km 1.05 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-east
  15. 15 : km 1.2 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-east
  16. 16 : km 1.23 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-east
  17. 17 : km 1.28 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 1.28 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-west
  19. 19 : km 1.6 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-west
  20. 20 : km 1.79 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west
  21. 21 : km 1.91 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  22. 22 : km 2.02 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  23. 23 : km 2.09 - alt. 126 m - Slight left
  24. 24 : km 2.13 - alt. 127 m - Walk north-west
  25. 25 : km 2.23 - alt. 127 m - Walk north-west
  26. 26 : km 2.34 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west
  27. 27 : km 2.41 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-west
  28. 28 : km 2.49 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west
  29. 29 : km 2.58 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-west
  30. 30 : km 2.66 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-west
  31. 31 : km 2.73 - alt. 125 m - Slight left
  32. 32 : km 2.77 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  33. 33 : km 2.86 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  34. 34 : km 2.96 - alt. 125 m - Slight left
  35. 35 : km 2.97 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  36. 36 : km 3.07 - alt. 124 m - Walk north
  37. 37 : km 3.18 - alt. 125 m - Walk north
  38. 38 : km 3.27 - alt. 125 m - Walk north-east
  39. 39 : km 3.39 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-east
  40. 40 : km 3.5 - alt. 124 m - Walk north-east
  41. 41 : km 3.57 - alt. 125 m - Slight right
  42. 42 : km 3.6 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-east towards Wolverhampton St
  43. 43 : km 3.61 - alt. 126 m - Turn left onto Wolverhampton St
  44. 44 : km 3.62 - alt. 125 m - Continue onto Darlaston Ln
  45. 45 : km 3.76 - alt. 126 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Wrenbury Dr
  46. 46 : km 3.84 - alt. 126 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Wrenbury Dr
  47. 47 : km 3.94 - alt. 127 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Wrenbury Dr
  48. 48 : km 4.02 - alt. 128 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Bickley Rd
  49. 49 : km 4.09 - alt. 129 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Bickley Rd
  50. 50 : km 4.17 - alt. 130 m - Walk west on Darlaston Ln towards Lunt Rd
  51. 51 : km 4.23 - alt. 131 m - Turn left onto Lunt Rd
  52. 52 : km 4.23 - alt. 130 m - Walk south on Lunt Rd towards Brueton Rd
  53. 53 : km 4.3 - alt. 128 m - Walk south on Lunt Rd towards Addison Pl
  54. 54 : km 4.52 - alt. 129 m - Walk south on Lunt Rd towards Johnson Pl
  55. 55 : km 4.62 - alt. 129 m - Continue onto Vulcan Rd
  56. 56 : km 4.64 - alt. 129 m - Walk south-west on Vulcan Rd towards St Chads Rd
  57. 57 : km 4.76 - alt. 130 m - Walk south-west on Vulcan Rd towards Lunt Rd
  58. 58 : km 4.88 - alt. 131 m - Walk south on Vulcan Rd towards Vulcan Rd
  59. 59 : km 5.11 - alt. 127 m - Walk south on Vulcan Rd towards Dale St
  60. 60 : km 5.29 - alt. 127 m - Walk south on Vulcan Rd towards Dale St
  61. 61 : km 5.47 - alt. 128 m - Walk south on Vulcan Rd towards Oxford St/A41
  62. 62 : km 5.63 - alt. 132 m - Walk south-east on Oxford St/A41 towards Great Bridge Rd/A4098
  63. 63 : km 5.94 - alt. 128 m - Walk east on Oxford St/A41 towards Great Bridge Rd/A4098
  64. 64 : km 5.98 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Great Bridge Rd/A4098
  65. 65 : km 6.08 - alt. 130 m - Walk south-east on Great Bridge Rd/A4098 towards Belmont St
  66. 66 : km 6.35 - alt. 131 m - Walk south-east on Great Bridge Rd/A4098 towards Thorneycroft Rd
  67. 67 : km 6.58 - alt. 130 m - Walk south-east on Great Bridge Rd/A4098 towards Bull Ln
  68. 68 : km 6.81 - alt. 128 m - Walk south on Great Bridge Rd/A4098 towards Hannah Rd
  69. 69 : km 7.03 - alt. 130 m - Walk south on Great Bridge Rd/A4098 towards Hyett Way
  70. 70 : km 7.19 - alt. 130 m - Walk south on Bilston Rd/A4098 towards Beverston Rd
  71. 71 : km 7.37 - alt. 128 m - Walk south on Bilston Rd/A4098 towards Myrtle Terrace
  72. 72 : km 7.55 - alt. 129 m - Walk south on Bilston Rd/A4098 towards Wednesbury Oak Rd/A4037
  73. S/E : km 7.7 - alt. 129 m

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