Christmas Eve Bournville Run

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.06 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 67 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 74 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 165 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 129 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.423002° / W 1.935932°
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Description

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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. 147 m - Start on Beaumont Road
  2. 2 : km 0.18 - alt. 145 m - Turn left onto Linden Road
  3. 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.24 - alt. 147 m - Turn right onto Linden Road
  5. 5 : km 0.85 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Sycamore Road
  6. 6 : km 1.4 - alt. 141 m - Turn left onto Elm Road
  7. 7 : km 1.82 - alt. 147 m - Turn right onto Raddlebarn Road
  8. 8 : km 1.98 - alt. 148 m - Turn left onto Willow Road
  9. 9 : km 2.29 - alt. 146 m - Keep left onto Willow Road
  10. 10 : km 2.39 - alt. 142 m - Turn right onto Laburnum Road
  11. 11 : km 2.48 - alt. 141 m - Turn sharp right onto Sycamore Road
  12. 12 : km 2.76 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Acacia Road
  13. 13 : km 2.99 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Maple Road
  14. 14 : km 3.31 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Sycamore Road
  15. 15 : km 3.49 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Linden Road
  16. 16 : km 3.58 - alt. 131 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 3.68 - alt. 129 m - Keep right
  18. 18 : km 3.83 - alt. 130 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 3.86 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Merritts Brook Greenway
  20. 20 : km 3.9 - alt. 130 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 3.91 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Selly Oak Road
  22. 22 : km 4.3 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Bournville Lane
  23. 23 : km 4.61 - alt. 141 m - Turn left onto Teazel Avenue
  24. 24 : km 4.62 - alt. 141 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 4.73 - alt. 135 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 4.75 - alt. 134 m - Turn slight left onto Bournville Lane
  27. 27 : km 5.03 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Merritts Brook Greenway
  28. 28 : km 5.04 - alt. 134 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 5.2 - alt. 135 m - Turn sharp right
  30. 30 : km 5.53 - alt. 132 m - Keep left
  31. 31 : km 5.76 - alt. 136 m - Turn sharp right
  32. 32 : km 6.16 - alt. 135 m - Turn sharp left
  33. 33 : km 6.18 - alt. 135 m - Keep right
  34. 34 : km 6.8 - alt. 148 m - Keep right
  35. 35 : km 6.81 - alt. 148 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 6.82 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Bournville Lane
  37. 37 : km 6.83 - alt. 149 m - Turn right onto Selly Oak Road
  38. 38 : km 7.52 - alt. 152 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 7.52 - alt. 152 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 7.54 - alt. 153 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 7.56 - alt. 153 m - Turn right onto Heath Road
  42. 42 : km 8.47 - alt. 148 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Woodlands Park Road
  43. 43 : km 8.72 - alt. 162 m - Turn right onto Kingsley Road
  44. 44 : km 8.99 - alt. 164 m - Keep left onto Kingsley Road
  45. 45 : km 9.05 - alt. 162 m - Turn left onto Hawthorne Road
  46. 46 : km 9.32 - alt. 159 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 9.34 - alt. 159 m - Turn left
  48. 48 : km 9.54 - alt. 157 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 9.55 - alt. 157 m - Turn right onto Heath Road
  50. 50 : km 9.8 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Selly Oak Road
  51. 51 : km 9.93 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Beaumont Road
  52. 52 : km 10.24 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Linden Road
  53. 53 : km 10.9 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Sycamore Road
  54. 54 : km 11.49 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Acacia Road
  55. 55 : km 11.72 - alt. 153 m - Turn right onto Maple Road
  56. 56 : km 12.04 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Sycamore Road
  57. 57 : km 12.22 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Linden Road
  58. 58 : km 12.88 - alt. 145 m - Turn right onto Beaumont Road
  59. S/E : km 13.06 - alt. 147 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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