10 Mile Loop Using Canal

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.87 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 97 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 89 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 202 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 120 m
  • ⚐
    District: Walsall 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.571194° / W 1.964746°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 121 m - Start on Broadway, A4148
  2. 2 : km 0.25 - alt. 123 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A4148
  3. 3 : km 0.28 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight right onto Broadway North, A4148
  4. 4 : km 0.79 - alt. 127 m - Keep right onto Broadway North, A4148
  5. 5 : km 0.82 - alt. 128 m - At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Sutton Road, B4151
  6. 6 : km 1.74 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 1.76 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 1.89 - alt. 140 m - Keep right
  9. 9 : km 3.24 - alt. 144 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 3.27 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Aldridge Road, A454
  11. 11 : km 3.36 - alt. 146 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 3.51 - alt. 147 m - Turn slight left onto Walsall Road, A454
  13. 13 : km 4.09 - alt. 161 m - Turn sharp left onto Bosty Lane, B4154
  14. 14 : km 4.1 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Walsall Road, A454
  15. 15 : km 5.37 - alt. 154 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 5.45 - alt. 154 m - Turn right onto Portland Road
  17. 17 : km 5.48 - alt. 154 m - Keep right onto Portland Road
  18. 18 : km 5.94 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Erdington Road
  19. 19 : km 6.04 - alt. 163 m - Turn sharp right onto Little Aston Road, A454
  20. 20 : km 7.51 - alt. 124 m - Keep right onto A454
  21. 21 : km 7.54 - alt. 123 m - Enter roundabout
  22. 22 : km 9.74 - alt. 157 m - Turn left onto Foley Road East, B4151
  23. 23 : km 11.05 - alt. 177 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Beacon Hill, B4151
  24. 24 : km 11.58 - alt. 202 m - Turn left onto Beacon Road, B4154
  25. 25 : km 11.59 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp left
  26. 26 : km 11.63 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp right onto Beacon Road, B4154
  27. 27 : km 11.64 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp left onto Sutton Road, B4151
  28. 28 : km 15.02 - alt. 129 m - Keep left onto Sutton Road, B4151
  29. 29 : km 15.04 - alt. 128 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Broadway North, A4148
  30. 30 : km 15.09 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight left onto Broadway North, A4148
  31. 31 : km 15.53 - alt. 123 m - Keep right onto Broadway North, A4148
  32. 32 : km 15.59 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight left onto A4148
  33. 33 : km 15.62 - alt. 123 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Broadway, A4148
  34. S/E : km 15.87 - alt. 121 m

Useful Information

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