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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 11.78 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 51 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 44 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 157 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 127 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.436288° / W 1.880061°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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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. 141 m - Start on Southlands Road
  2. 2 : km 0.17 - alt. 143 m - Turn sharp left onto Eastlands Road
  3. 3 : km 0.45 - alt. 143 m - Turn right onto Billesley Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.59 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Dyott Road
  5. 5 : km 1.64 - alt. 137 m - Enter roundabout
  6. 6 : km 2.26 - alt. 147 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Wheelers Lane, A4040
  7. 7 : km 2.69 - alt. 149 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Wheelers Lane, A4040
  8. 8 : km 3.21 - alt. 144 m - Keep right onto Wheelers Lane, A4040
  9. 9 : km 3.23 - alt. 144 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Howard Road East, A4040
  10. 10 : km 3.23 - alt. 144 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Wheelers Lane
  11. 11 : km 3.57 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Alcester Road South, A435
  12. 12 : km 3.62 - alt. 150 m - Keep left onto Featherstone Road
  13. 13 : km 3.65 - alt. 151 m - Turn sharp right onto Featherstone Road
  14. 14 : km 3.66 - alt. 151 m - Turn sharp left onto Tenbury Road
  15. 15 : km 3.81 - alt. 154 m - Turn right onto All Saints Road
  16. 16 : km 4.24 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto All Saints Road
  17. 17 : km 4.25 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto Abbots Road
  18. 18 : km 4.42 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Vicarage Road
  19. 19 : km 4.42 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto Avenue Road
  20. 20 : km 4.96 - alt. 144 m - Keep left onto Dad's Lane
  21. 21 : km 5.15 - alt. 137 m - Keep right onto Shutlock Lane
  22. 22 : km 5.23 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Shutlock Lane
  23. 23 : km 6.31 - alt. 143 m - Turn right onto Moor Green Lane
  24. 24 : km 7.12 - alt. 151 m - Turn right onto High Street, A435
  25. 25 : km 7.19 - alt. 148 m - Turn left onto Valentine Road
  26. 26 : km 7.56 - alt. 157 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Springfield Road
  27. 27 : km 7.78 - alt. 153 m - Turn slight left onto Springfield Road
  28. 28 : km 8.01 - alt. 154 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Springfield Road
  29. 29 : km 8.22 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Brook Lane, B4146
  30. 30 : km 8.69 - alt. 148 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Coldbath Road, B4146
  31. 31 : km 9.32 - alt. 137 m - Enter roundabout
  32. 32 : km 9.75 - alt. 141 m - Keep left onto Yardley Wood Road
  33. 33 : km 10.31 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Wake Green Road, B4217
  34. 34 : km 10.63 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Billesley Lane
  35. 35 : km 11.34 - alt. 143 m - Turn left onto Northlands Road
  36. 36 : km 11.62 - alt. 143 m - Turn sharp right onto Southlands Road
  37. S/E : km 11.78 - alt. 141 m

Useful Information

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