Cocks Moors Wood To Knowle Loop

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 39.70 km
Calculated time: 11h 25
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 40 m
Vertical drop: - 41 m
Highest point: 146 m
Lowest point: 108 m

District: Birmingham
Start/End: N 52.416895° / W 1.888739°
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Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 146 m
1 : km 21.55 - alt. 118 m - Turn slight right
2 : km 21.61 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
3 : km 21.62 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto Kixley Lane
4 : km 21.83 - alt. 122 m - Turn right
5 : km 22 - alt. 124 m - Turn left
6 : km 22.14 - alt. 125 m - Turn slight left
7 : km 22.15 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
8 : km 22.19 - alt. 125 m - Turn right onto High Street, A4141
9 : km 22.2 - alt. 125 m - Turn left
10 : km 22.35 - alt. 125 m - Keep left
11 : km 22.53 - alt. 126 m - Turn right onto Lodge Road
12 : km 22.54 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
13 : km 22.6 - alt. 124 m - Turn left
14 : km 22.85 - alt. 121 m - Keep right
15 : km 22.86 - alt. 122 m - Turn slight right
16 : km 22.96 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
17 : km 22.97 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight right
18 : km 23.06 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Starbold Crescent
19 : km 23.15 - alt. 119 m - Turn sharp left
20 : km 23.39 - alt. 121 m - Turn slight right onto Purnells Way
21 : km 23.58 - alt. 126 m - Turn left onto Woodrow Crescent
22 : km 23.67 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight left onto Woodrow Crescent
23 : km 23.74 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Pettyfields Close
24 : km 23.93 - alt. 132 m - Turn right
25 : km 24.04 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Widney Road
26 : km 24.13 - alt. 134 m - Turn left onto Milton Road
27 : km 24.26 - alt. 133 m - Turn right onto Hurst Green Road
28 : km 24.55 - alt. 133 m - Turn left onto Slater Road
29 : km 24.71 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Packwood Close
30 : km 24.91 - alt. 129 m - Keep right
31 : km 24.97 - alt. 128 m - Turn sharp left onto Four Ashes Road
32 : km 25.02 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
33 : km 25.63 - alt. 132 m - Keep right
34 : km 26.54 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Stratford Road, A3400
35 : km 26.96 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
36 : km 27.56 - alt. 130 m - Turn left
37 : km 27.7 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight left
38 : km 27.71 - alt. 127 m - Keep left
39 : km 28.38 - alt. 137 m - Turn sharp left
40 : km 28.42 - alt. 136 m - Turn right onto Kineton Lane
41 : km 28.92 - alt. 141 m - Keep left onto Dyers Lane
42 : km 29.17 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
43 : km 29.18 - alt. 141 m - Turn sharp right
44 : km 31.54 - alt. 140 m - Keep left
45 : km 35.25 - alt. 138 m - Keep left
46 : km 38.31 - alt. 139 m - Turn slight left
47 : km 39.22 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp right
48 : km 39.28 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
49 : km 39.31 - alt. 140 m - Turn slight left onto Millpool Hill Alcester Road South, A435
50 : km 39.55 - alt. 140 m - Turn right
S/E : km 39.69 - alt. 146 m

Useful Information

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