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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 24.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 7h 30 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 218 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 224 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 214 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 131 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
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    Start: N 52.396501° / W 1.939715°
  • ⚑
    End: N 52.400285° / W 1.942713°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(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 : km 0 - alt. 164 m - Start on Drybrook Close
  2. 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 165 m - Turn slight right onto Drybrook Close
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 163 m - Turn right onto Green Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Bicentennial Road
  5. 5 : km 0.14 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Green Lane
  6. 6 : km 0.39 - alt. 152 m - Turn right onto Shannon Road
  7. 7 : km 1.37 - alt. 184 m - Turn left onto Longdales Road
  8. 8 : km 1.68 - alt. 174 m - Turn left onto Pastures Walk
  9. 9 : km 1.69 - alt. 174 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 2.28 - alt. 165 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 2.29 - alt. 165 m - Turn left onto Longdales Road
  12. 12 : km 3.49 - alt. 173 m - Turn left onto Meadowsweet Avenue
  13. 13 : km 3.99 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Shannon Road
  14. 14 : km 4.17 - alt. 150 m - Keep right onto Foyle Road
  15. 15 : km 4.61 - alt. 157 m - Turn left onto Redditch Road
  16. 16 : km 6.1 - alt. 181 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Redditch Road
  17. 17 : km 6.73 - alt. 188 m - Keep right onto Redditch Road
  18. 18 : km 6.75 - alt. 188 m - Keep right onto Redditch Road
  19. 19 : km 6.79 - alt. 188 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Longbridge Lane
  20. 20 : km 7.58 - alt. 178 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 7.59 - alt. 179 m - Turn right
  22. 22 : km 7.61 - alt. 179 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 7.61 - alt. 179 m - Turn left onto Groveley Lane
  24. 24 : km 9.36 - alt. 174 m - Turn left onto Groveley Lane
  25. 25 : km 10.49 - alt. 196 m - Keep right
  26. 26 : km 10.58 - alt. 202 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 10.59 - alt. 202 m - Turn right onto Lickey Road
  28. 28 : km 10.8 - alt. 213 m - Keep right onto Lickey Road
  29. 29 : km 12.32 - alt. 172 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bristol Road South
  30. 30 : km 12.61 - alt. 170 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 12.62 - alt. 169 m - Turn slight left
  32. 32 : km 12.63 - alt. 169 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 13.18 - alt. 169 m - Turn left onto Tessall Lane
  34. 34 : km 13.19 - alt. 169 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road South
  35. 35 : km 14.63 - alt. 183 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road South
  36. 36 : km 15.25 - alt. 178 m - Keep right
  37. 37 : km 15.95 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 15.96 - alt. 160 m - Turn right onto Bristol Road South
  39. 39 : km 18.36 - alt. 150 m - Keep right onto Oak Tree Lane
  40. 40 : km 18.5 - alt. 150 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 18.55 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Oak Tree Lane
  42. 42 : km 20.1 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Mary Vale Road
  43. 43 : km 20.11 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Linden Road
  44. 44 : km 21.07 - alt. 158 m - Keep right onto A4040
  45. 45 : km 21.08 - alt. 158 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Pershore Road
  46. 46 : km 21.13 - alt. 158 m - Keep left onto Pershore Road
  47. 47 : km 21.15 - alt. 158 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Pershore Road South
  48. 48 : km 21.28 - alt. 150 m - Keep right onto Pershore Road South
  49. 49 : km 21.29 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
  50. 50 : km 21.29 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 21.44 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Camp Lane
  52. 52 : km 21.75 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight left onto Westhill Road
  53. 53 : km 21.94 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Wychall Lane
  54. 54 : km 22.83 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto The Fairway
  55. 55 : km 23.73 - alt. 156 m - Turn right onto Rednal Road
  56. 56 : km 23.83 - alt. 161 m - Turn left
  57. E : km 24 - alt. 164 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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Walking Wythall to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

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↔4.47 km ↗+10 m ↘-21 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)

This trail is a linear walk between the stations of Wythall and Shirley. A wander through the pasture and meadows around the outer Shirley suburbs of Major’s Green and Hollywood (once a wood with some holly in it – no connection with Los Angeles!). Eyes peeled for the Iron Age hillfort!
If spending a little time in Wythall, check out the extensive collections of buses and battery electric vehicles at the Transport Museum or explore the 37 acres of Wythall Park. On the trail you’ll pass the Berry Mound Iron Age Hill Fort and nearby Berry Mound Pastures, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Walking Clowes Wood and Terry's Pool from Wythall Station

Walker
↔8.82 km ↗+25 m ↘-21 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)

A walk starting and returning to Wythall Station, with opportunities to explore further. Fifty species of birds breed here in the woods. Wildflowers to be seen include bluebell, lily of the valley, cow-wheat, and bilberry. The Earlswood Lakes were constructed in the 1820s to provide water to the Stratford upon Avon canal. The labour force included prisoners of war from the Napoleonic wars.

Walking Lickey & Waseley Hills

Walker
Lickey & Waseley Hills
↔8.02 km ↗+182 m ↘-177 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lickey and Blackwell CP (Worcestershire)

Lickey hills leading to the Waseley Hills and back starting from the Beacon on the Lickey Hills looking over at Malvern to the south.

Walking Whitlocks End to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔2.64 km ↗+4 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail is a short walk between the stations of Shirley and Whitlock’s End, passing by Dicken’s Heath. The route takes you through farmland, a Christmas Tree plantation and crosses the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.

Walking Earlswood to Wythall Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔2.65 km ↗+6 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This short linear trail passes through Kidpile Farm and Fulford Heath, crosses the River Cole and skirts the James Braid designed Fulford Golf Course into Wythall.

Walking Shirley to The Lakes Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔7.85 km ↗+13 m ↘-4 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

On this trail from Shirley you’ll follow the tranquil towpath of the Stratford- upon-Avon Canal, cross Christmas tree plantations, farmland and forests, and skirt Dickens Heath before reaching Earlswood Lakes.

Walking The Lakes to Earlswood Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔6.04 km ↗+17 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire)

This is a scenically varied walk between The Lakes and Earlswood railway stations. You’ll take in all three reservoirs making up Earlswood Lakes - and pass through Clowes Wood & New Fallings Coppice.

Walking Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood

Walker
Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood
↔4.54 km ↗+10 m ↘-20 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

Easy to moderate loop along the lakes and into the woods, ideal for wildlife and train spotting. An alternative and easier route is available avoiding the woodland part.

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