3.2 Mile UoB/Selly Oak Run

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.29 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 32 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 32 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 146 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 120 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.440714° / W 1.93033°
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Description

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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. 131 m - Start on Tiverton Road
  2. 2 : km 0.57 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road, B384
  3. 3 : km 0.68 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Grange Road
  4. 4 : km 0.8 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.8 - alt. 123 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 0.83 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto Aston Webb Boulevard, A38
  7. 7 : km 0.84 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.88 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 1.02 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 1.05 - alt. 128 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 1.13 - alt. 131 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 1.14 - alt. 132 m - Turn slight left
  13. 13 : km 1.14 - alt. 132 m - Turn left onto Ring Road South
  14. 14 : km 1.46 - alt. 142 m - Turn slight left onto Ring Road North
  15. 15 : km 1.64 - alt. 145 m - Turn sharp right onto Pritchatts Road
  16. 16 : km 1.76 - alt. 146 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 1.8 - alt. 145 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 1.83 - alt. 145 m - Turn slight right
  19. 19 : km 1.94 - alt. 140 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 1.95 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 2.01 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp right
  22. 22 : km 2.01 - alt. 139 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 2.08 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight right
  24. 24 : km 2.1 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 2.12 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 2.16 - alt. 139 m - Turn slight right
  27. 27 : km 2.26 - alt. 140 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 2.43 - alt. 140 m - Turn left onto Pritchatts Road
  29. 29 : km 2.55 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Edgbaston Park Road
  30. 30 : km 2.71 - alt. 136 m - Keep left onto Edgbaston Park Road
  31. 31 : km 3.06 - alt. 122 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road, A38
  32. 32 : km 3.18 - alt. 121 m - Keep right onto Bristol Road, A38
  33. 33 : km 3.24 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Bournbrook Road
  34. 34 : km 3.39 - alt. 122 m - Turn right onto Bournbrook Road
  35. 35 : km 3.55 - alt. 131 m - Keep left onto Bournbrook Road
  36. 36 : km 3.86 - alt. 141 m - Turn slight left onto Bournbrook Road
  37. 37 : km 4 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Elmdon Road
  38. 38 : km 4.06 - alt. 143 m - Turn right onto Selly Avenue
  39. 39 : km 4.28 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Selly Park Road
  40. 40 : km 4.39 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Woodside Road
  41. 41 : km 4.74 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Warwards Lane
  42. 42 : km 4.95 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Raddlebarn Road
  43. 43 : km 4.96 - alt. 144 m - Turn sharp right onto Tiverton Road
  44. S/E : km 5.29 - alt. 131 m

Useful Information

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