Damsen Park 3

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 20.09 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 50 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 51 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 133 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 84 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.454571° / W 1.791344°
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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. 100 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.34 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.38 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.87 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp left onto Church Road
  5. 5 : km 0.89 - alt. 94 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 1.22 - alt. 92 m - Turn slight right
  7. 7 : km 1.53 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 1.54 - alt. 91 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 1.74 - alt. 90 m - Turn sharp left
  10. 10 : km 1.96 - alt. 89 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.07 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 2.89 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 3.45 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 3.68 - alt. 86 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 3.72 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 4 - alt. 84 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 4.02 - alt. 84 m - Turn slight right
  18. 18 : km 4.05 - alt. 85 m - Turn slight left
  19. 19 : km 4.06 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Gloucester Way
  20. 20 : km 4.34 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 4.41 - alt. 86 m - Turn sharp left onto Gloucester Way
  22. 22 : km 4.43 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Moorend Avenue
  23. 23 : km 4.49 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 4.5 - alt. 87 m - Turn slight right
  25. 25 : km 4.7 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 5.01 - alt. 87 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 5.12 - alt. 88 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 5.21 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Brooklands Way
  29. 29 : km 5.24 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Coleshill Road
  30. 30 : km 5.53 - alt. 97 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 5.77 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 5.93 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Bickenhill Road
  33. 33 : km 7.01 - alt. 97 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Station Road
  34. 34 : km 7.05 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 7.16 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 7.42 - alt. 97 m - Turn sharp right
  37. 37 : km 8.16 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp left
  38. 38 : km 8.49 - alt. 88 m - Keep right
  39. 39 : km 8.53 - alt. 88 m - Turn slight right
  40. 40 : km 8.79 - alt. 89 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 9.12 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 9.49 - alt. 90 m - Keep left
  43. 43 : km 10.55 - alt. 94 m - Turn right onto Valley Road
  44. 44 : km 10.56 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Streamside Way
  45. 45 : km 11.31 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 11.41 - alt. 101 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 11.67 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 11.8 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp right
  49. 49 : km 12.66 - alt. 120 m - Turn right
  50. 50 : km 12.67 - alt. 120 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 12.72 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight right onto Damson Parkway
  52. 52 : km 12.79 - alt. 121 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Damson Parkway
  53. 53 : km 15.05 - alt. 133 m - Turn left onto Yew Tree Lane
  54. 54 : km 16.25 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 16.28 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Lode Lane, B425
  56. 56 : km 17.17 - alt. 119 m - Keep left onto Lode Lane, B425
  57. 57 : km 18.02 - alt. 115 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hobs Moat Road, B425
  58. 58 : km 18.1 - alt. 114 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 18.11 - alt. 114 m - Turn slight left
  60. 60 : km 18.51 - alt. 103 m - Turn left onto Hobs Moat Road
  61. 61 : km 19.25 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 19.26 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Hobs Moat Road, B425
  63. 63 : km 19.34 - alt. 98 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 19.35 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
  65. 65 : km 19.4 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  66. 66 : km 19.61 - alt. 99 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 19.61 - alt. 99 m - Turn left onto Coventry Road, A45
  68. 68 : km 19.88 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Coventry Road
  69. S/E : km 20.09 - alt. 100 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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