8.4 Swat, Gib, Uni, Canal, Bourn.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.59 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 63 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 71 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 181 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 128 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.431447° / W 1.963713°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 173 m - Start on Green Meadow Road
  2. 2 : km 0.37 - alt. 180 m - Turn left onto Clover Road
  3. 3 : km 0.58 - alt. 175 m - Turn left onto Black Haynes Road
  4. 4 : km 1.54 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Middle Park Road
  5. 5 : km 2.46 - alt. 160 m - Turn sharp right onto Weoley Park Road
  6. 6 : km 2.47 - alt. 160 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 2.47 - alt. 160 m - Turn sharp right onto Weoley Park Road
  8. 8 : km 3.07 - alt. 163 m - Turn right onto Shenley Fields Road
  9. 9 : km 3.07 - alt. 163 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 3.09 - alt. 163 m - Turn right onto Weoley Avenue
  11. 11 : km 3.1 - alt. 163 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Gibbins Road
  12. 12 : km 3.99 - alt. 139 m - Turn left onto Harborne Lane, A38
  13. 13 : km 4.04 - alt. 141 m - Keep left onto Harborne Lane, A4040
  14. 14 : km 4.41 - alt. 129 m - Turn slight left onto Harborne Lane, A4040
  15. 15 : km 4.58 - alt. 130 m - Continue onto Harborne Lane, A4040
  16. 16 : km 4.65 - alt. 133 m - Keep right onto Harborne Lane, A4040
  17. 17 : km 4.69 - alt. 134 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Vincent Drive
  18. 18 : km 4.99 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Mindelsohn Way
  19. 19 : km 5 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Mindelsohn Way
  20. 20 : km 5.01 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 5.18 - alt. 140 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 5.2 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Vincent Drive
  23. 23 : km 5.39 - alt. 146 m - Continue onto Vincent Drive
  24. 24 : km 5.4 - alt. 145 m - Turn slight left onto New Fosse Way
  25. 25 : km 5.73 - alt. 138 m - Keep right onto Vincent Drive
  26. 26 : km 6.31 - alt. 147 m - Turn right onto Somerset Road
  27. 27 : km 6.39 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 8.66 - alt. 139 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 8.73 - alt. 138 m - Keep left
  30. 30 : km 10.2 - alt. 138 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 10.2 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 10.27 - alt. 139 m - Turn right onto Mary Vale Road
  33. 33 : km 11.17 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Selly Oak Road
  34. 34 : km 11.19 - alt. 153 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 11.19 - alt. 153 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 11.31 - alt. 150 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 11.34 - alt. 149 m - Turn slight left
  38. 38 : km 11.35 - alt. 150 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 11.36 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Bournville Lane
  40. 40 : km 12.33 - alt. 137 m - Keep left onto Bournville Lane
  41. 41 : km 12.36 - alt. 139 m - Turn slight left onto Bristol Road South, A38
  42. 42 : km 12.42 - alt. 140 m - Turn right
  43. 43 : km 12.44 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road South, A38
  44. 44 : km 12.5 - alt. 139 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 13.04 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Weoley Hill
  46. 46 : km 13.47 - alt. 171 m - Continue onto Green Meadow Road
  47. S/E : km 13.59 - alt. 173 m

Useful Information

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