7k Hills

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 7.37 km
Calculated time: 2h 20
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 70 m
Vertical drop: - 68 m
Highest point: 130 m
Lowest point: 104 m

District: Birmingham
Start/End: N 52.457281° / W 1.79232°
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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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Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 107 m
1 : km 0.02 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Beechmore Road
2 : km 0.1 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Barrows Lane
3 : km 0.35 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Brays Road
4 : km 0.8 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Coventry Road
5 : km 0.84 - alt. 121 m - Turn right
6 : km 0.85 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Coventry Road, A45
7 : km 0.86 - alt. 121 m - Turn right
8 : km 0.89 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight left
9 : km 0.9 - alt. 119 m - Keep right
10 : km 0.95 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
11 : km 0.97 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto New Coventry Road, A45
12 : km 1.26 - alt. 107 m - Turn sharp right onto Wagon Lane
13 : km 1.41 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Marcot Road
14 : km 2.02 - alt. 125 m - Turn left onto Gilbertstone Avenue
15 : km 2.76 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Clay Lane
16 : km 3.42 - alt. 128 m - Turn left
17 : km 3.51 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto Yew Tree Lane
18 : km 3.8 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto Yew Tree Lane
19 : km 3.9 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Moat Lane
20 : km 4.71 - alt. 106 m - Enter roundabout
21 : km 5.42 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Sunnymead Road
22 : km 5.52 - alt. 130 m - Keep right onto Herondale Road
23 : km 5.82 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Wensley Road
24 : km 6.32 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Barrows Lane
25 : km 6.66 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Brays Road
26 : km 7.03 - alt. 117 m - Turn left onto Beechmore Road
S/E : km 7.37 - alt. 107 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Departure from Hampton in Arden (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail takes you on mainly tarmacked surfaces out of Hampton-in-Arden, across the River Blythe to the Marsh Lane Nature Reserve before returning to the village. Mentioned in Domesday Book, Hampton is now a popular commuter village and also boasts Solihull’s only Michelin-starred restaurant – Peel’s at Hampton Manor. There are plenty of hints of its antiquity in the well preserved 17th century timbered houses of the village.