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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.46 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 40 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 41 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 158 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 116 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sandwell 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.53188° / W 2.01409°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 143 m - Start near 7 Finchpath Rd, West Bromwich B70 0JJ, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 143 m - Walk south on Finchpath Rd towards Meyrick Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.03 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Meyrick Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.26 - alt. 142 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.36 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.37 - alt. 141 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 0.57 - alt. 144 m - Walk north-west on Black Lake/A4196 towards The Bantocks
  8. 8 : km 1.46 - alt. 155 m - Walk north-west on Hill Top/A4196 towards Parkside Pl
  9. 9 : km 2.2 - alt. 122 m - Walk north on Holloway Bank/A4196
  10. 10 : km 2.35 - alt. 120 m - Walk north on Holloway Bank/A4196 towards Woden Rd S
  11. 11 : km 2.36 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Woden Rd S
  12. 12 : km 3.2 - alt. 119 m - Walk east on Woden Rd S
  13. 13 : km 3.22 - alt. 119 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Hydes Rd
  14. 14 : km 3.8 - alt. 121 m - Enter the roundabout
  15. 15 : km 3.81 - alt. 121 m - Walk north-east towards Hydes Rd
  16. 16 : km 3.85 - alt. 123 m - Exit the roundabout onto Hydes Rd
  17. 17 : km 4.09 - alt. 130 m - Continue onto Hall Green Rd
  18. 18 : km 4.48 - alt. 135 m - Enter the roundabout
  19. 19 : km 4.5 - alt. 136 m - Walk east towards Westminster Rd
  20. 20 : km 4.52 - alt. 136 m - Exit the roundabout onto Hall Green Rd
  21. 21 : km 5.01 - alt. 144 m - Continue onto Walsall Rd/A4031
  22. 22 : km 5.03 - alt. 144 m - Walk east on Walsall Rd/A4031
  23. 23 : km 5.03 - alt. 144 m - Slight right to stay on Walsall Rd/A4031
  24. 24 : km 5.81 - alt. 147 m - Walk south on Walsall Rd/A4031 towards Lyndhurst Rd
  25. 25 : km 6.17 - alt. 153 m - Walk south-west on Walsall Rd/A4031 towards Heath Ln/B4149
  26. 26 : km 6.2 - alt. 153 m - Slight right onto Heath Ln/B4149
  27. 27 : km 6.28 - alt. 152 m - Turn left onto Vicarage Rd/B4149
  28. 28 : km 6.29 - alt. 151 m - Walk south-west on Vicarage Rd/B4149 towards Arlington Rd
  29. 29 : km 6.77 - alt. 144 m - Walk south-west on Church Ln/B4149 towards Wilford Rd
  30. 30 : km 7.21 - alt. 138 m - Walk south-west on Church Ln/B4149 towards Gladstone St
  31. 31 : km 7.77 - alt. 147 m - Walk west on Church Ln/B4149 towards Black Lake/A4196
  32. 32 : km 8 - alt. 143 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 8.02 - alt. 143 m - Walk north
  34. 34 : km 8.09 - alt. 140 m - Turn left towards Meyrick Rd
  35. 35 : km 8.19 - alt. 142 m - Turn right onto Meyrick Rd
  36. 36 : km 8.43 - alt. 143 m - Turn right onto Finchpath Rd
  37. S/E : km 8.45 - alt. 143 m

Useful Information

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