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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 42.30 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 12h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 108 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 107 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 151 m
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    Lowest point: 93 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. 115 m - Start near 2 Bramcote Dr, Solihull B91 2HT, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Walk south-west on Bramcote Dr
  3. 3 : km 0.01 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.05 - alt. 116 m - Walk north-west towards Ratcliffe Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.29 - alt. 122 m - Turn right onto Lode Ln/B425
  6. 6 : km 0.37 - alt. 119 m - Slight right to stay on Lode Ln/B425
  7. 7 : km 1.23 - alt. 114 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Old Lode Ln
  8. 8 : km 1.57 - alt. 113 m - Walk north-east on Old Lode Ln towards Mayswood Rd
  9. 9 : km 2.48 - alt. 97 m - Walk north-west on Old Lode Ln towards Marlbrook Cl
  10. 10 : km 2.75 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Hobs Moat Rd/B425
  11. 11 : km 2.84 - alt. 98 m - Walk north on Hobs Moat Rd/B425 towards Coventry Rd/A45
  12. 12 : km 2.87 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Coventry Rd/A45
  13. 13 : km 3.42 - alt. 100 m - Walk north-west on Coventry Rd/A45 towards Keswick Rd
  14. 14 : km 5.18 - alt. 127 m - Slight left onto Coventry Rd
  15. 15 : km 5.47 - alt. 128 m - At Swan Island, take the 1st exit onto Yardley Rd/A4040
  16. 16 : km 5.6 - alt. 129 m - Walk south-west on Yardley Rd/A4040
  17. 17 : km 6.14 - alt. 124 m - Slight left onto Stockfield Rd/A4040
  18. 18 : km 7.14 - alt. 129 m - Turn left onto Warwick Rd/A41
  19. 19 : km 7.26 - alt. 130 m - Slight right onto Fox Hollies Rd/A4040
  20. 20 : km 7.28 - alt. 131 m - Slight left
  21. 21 : km 7.34 - alt. 132 m - Slight left
  22. 22 : km 7.41 - alt. 132 m - Walk south
  23. 23 : km 7.42 - alt. 132 m - Continue onto Fox Hollies Rd
  24. 24 : km 7.48 - alt. 132 m - Slight right to stay on Fox Hollies Rd
  25. 25 : km 7.52 - alt. 132 m - Turn left onto Fox Hollies Rd/A4040
  26. 26 : km 8.91 - alt. 134 m - Walk south-west on Fox Hollies Rd/A4040 towards School Rd
  27. 27 : km 9.89 - alt. 139 m - Walk west on Fox Hollies Rd/A4040 towards Stratford Rd/A34
  28. 28 : km 9.92 - alt. 139 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A34
  29. 29 : km 10.74 - alt. 144 m - At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Baldwins Ln
  30. 30 : km 11.75 - alt. 141 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Baldwins Ln
  31. 31 : km 11.92 - alt. 142 m - Turn left onto Acheson Rd
  32. 32 : km 12.75 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto Colebrook Rd
  33. 33 : km 12.81 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Colebrook Croft
  34. 34 : km 13.05 - alt. 140 m - Slight left onto Millers Ct
  35. 35 : km 13.12 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Haslucks Green Rd
  36. 36 : km 14.59 - alt. 144 m - Slight left onto Tilehouse Ln
  37. 37 : km 15.89 - alt. 151 m - Walk south-west on Tilehouse Ln towards Dickens Heath Rd
  38. 38 : km 16.1 - alt. 150 m - Continue onto Fulford Hall Rd
  39. 39 : km 16.57 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Norton Ln
  40. 40 : km 17.83 - alt. 145 m - Walk south-east on Norton Ln towards Wood Ln
  41. 41 : km 18.17 - alt. 142 m - Continue onto Valley Rd
  42. 42 : km 18.85 - alt. 145 m - Continue onto Umberslade Rd
  43. 43 : km 19.1 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Cut Throat Ln
  44. 44 : km 22.2 - alt. 135 m - Continue onto Spring Ln/B4101
  45. 45 : km 22.87 - alt. 140 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A3400
  46. 46 : km 22.99 - alt. 140 m - Turn right towards Old Warwick Rd/B4439
  47. 47 : km 23.03 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Old Warwick Rd/B4439
  48. 48 : km 25.45 - alt. 133 m - Slight left onto Packwood Ln
  49. 49 : km 25.61 - alt. 132 m - Walk north on Packwood Ln
  50. 50 : km 25.97 - alt. 129 m - Turn left to stay on Packwood Ln
  51. 51 : km 26.93 - alt. 120 m - Continue onto Packwood Rd
  52. 52 : km 28.26 - alt. 110 m - Continue onto Darley Green Rd
  53. 53 : km 28.98 - alt. 107 m - Continue onto Norton Green Ln
  54. 54 : km 29.54 - alt. 111 m - Walk north-east on Norton Green Ln towards Warwick Rd/A4141
  55. 55 : km 30.14 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Warwick Rd/A4141
  56. 56 : km 31.82 - alt. 124 m - Turn right onto Hampton Rd
  57. 57 : km 32.86 - alt. 118 m - Walk north-east on Hampton Rd
  58. 58 : km 33.5 - alt. 103 m - Continue onto Knowle Rd
  59. 59 : km 34.63 - alt. 115 m - Continue onto Eastcote Ln
  60. 60 : km 36.3 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Solihull Rd/B4102
  61. 61 : km 36.56 - alt. 101 m - Walk west on Solihull Rd/B4102
  62. 62 : km 39.65 - alt. 128 m - Walk west on Hampton Ln/B4102 towards Solihull Bypass/A41
  63. 63 : km 40.31 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Solihull Bypass/A41
  64. 64 : km 40.39 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Yew Tree Ln
  65. 65 : km 40.54 - alt. 134 m - Slight left to stay on Yew Tree Ln
  66. 66 : km 40.9 - alt. 125 m - Continue onto Cornyx Ln
  67. 67 : km 40.95 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west on Cornyx Ln towards Glebe Rd
  68. 68 : km 41.44 - alt. 127 m - Continue onto Moat Ln
  69. 69 : km 41.6 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west on Moat Ln towards Lode Ln/B425
  70. 70 : km 41.78 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Lode Ln/B425
  71. S/E : km 42.3 - alt. 116 m

Useful Information

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