Sollihul 11

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 17.56 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 10 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 50 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 53 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 148 m
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    Lowest point: 118 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 123 m - Start near 61 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 3QD, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 123 m - Walk north-east towards Homer Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.01 - alt. 124 m - Turn left onto Homer Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.39 - alt. 130 m - Slight left to stay on Homer Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.44 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Prince's Way
  6. 6 : km 0.51 - alt. 128 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Streetsbrook Rd/B4025
  7. 7 : km 0.58 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west on Streetsbrook Rd/B4025 towards Ashleigh Rd
  8. 8 : km 1.83 - alt. 132 m - Walk north-west on Streetsbrook Rd/B4025
  9. 9 : km 2.85 - alt. 143 m - Walk west on Streetsbrook Rd/B4025 towards Edwardian Cl
  10. 10 : km 4.1 - alt. 146 m - Walk west on Solihull Ln/B4025 towards Pitmaston Rd
  11. 11 : km 4.39 - alt. 145 m - Walk south-west on Solihull Ln
  12. 12 : km 4.41 - alt. 145 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Stratford Rd/A34
  13. 13 : km 5.26 - alt. 145 m - Walk south-east on Stratford Rd/A34 towards Olton Rd
  14. 14 : km 6.04 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd
  15. 15 : km 6.05 - alt. 144 m - Turn right to stay on Stratford Rd
  16. 16 : km 6.11 - alt. 144 m - Walk west towards Stratford Rd/A34
  17. 17 : km 6.12 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A34
  18. 18 : km 6.71 - alt. 142 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd
  19. 19 : km 6.72 - alt. 142 m - Walk west on Stratford Rd towards A34
  20. 20 : km 6.72 - alt. 142 m - Turn left onto Stratford Rd/A34
  21. 21 : km 6.94 - alt. 142 m - Slight right to stay on Stratford Rd/A34
  22. 22 : km 8.12 - alt. 139 m - Walk south-east on Stratford Rd/A34 towards Stratford Rd/A34
  23. 23 : km 8.98 - alt. 138 m - Walk east on Stratford Rd/A34
  24. 24 : km 9.02 - alt. 138 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Monkspath Hall Rd
  25. 25 : km 9.24 - alt. 139 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Monkspath Hall Rd
  26. 26 : km 9.59 - alt. 133 m - Walk east on Monkspath Hall Rd towards Lakeside Dr
  27. 27 : km 10.41 - alt. 131 m - Walk north on Monkspath Hall Rd towards Shelly Cres
  28. 28 : km 11.11 - alt. 134 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Widney Ln
  29. 29 : km 11.14 - alt. 134 m - Walk north-east on Widney Ln towards Sandhills Cres
  30. 30 : km 12.09 - alt. 122 m - Walk north on Widney Manor Rd towards Deer Park Way
  31. 31 : km 13.21 - alt. 124 m - Continue onto Church Hill Rd
  32. 32 : km 13.63 - alt. 119 m - Walk north-east on Church Hill Rd towards Church Hill Rd
  33. 33 : km 13.91 - alt. 131 m - Turn right towards New Rd
  34. 34 : km 13.94 - alt. 132 m - Turn right towards New Rd
  35. 35 : km 14.06 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto New Rd
  36. 36 : km 14.08 - alt. 129 m - Walk east on New Rd
  37. 37 : km 14.13 - alt. 128 m - Turn left to stay on New Rd
  38. 38 : km 14.47 - alt. 125 m - Slight right to stay on New Rd
  39. 39 : km 14.54 - alt. 126 m - Continue onto Warwick Rd/B4102
  40. 40 : km 14.55 - alt. 126 m - Walk west on Warwick Rd/B4102 towards New Rd
  41. 41 : km 14.85 - alt. 126 m - Keep left to stay on Warwick Rd/B4102
  42. 42 : km 15.22 - alt. 130 m - Slight right to stay on Warwick Rd/B4102
  43. 43 : km 15.28 - alt. 130 m - Walk north-west on Warwick Rd/B4102 towards Lode Ln/B425
  44. 44 : km 15.92 - alt. 135 m - Walk north-west on Warwick Rd/B425 towards Ashleigh Rd
  45. 45 : km 15.92 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Ashleigh Rd
  46. 46 : km 16.3 - alt. 131 m - Continue onto Station Approach
  47. 47 : km 16.39 - alt. 130 m - Walk south-west on Station Approach towards B4102
  48. 48 : km 16.69 - alt. 125 m - Walk east on B4102 towards Homer Rd
  49. 49 : km 16.7 - alt. 125 m - Turn right onto Homer Rd
  50. 50 : km 16.79 - alt. 129 m - Slight right towards Prince's Way
  51. 51 : km 16.82 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Prince's Way
  52. 52 : km 17.22 - alt. 121 m - Walk south-east on Prince's Way
  53. 53 : km 17.39 - alt. 119 m - Slight left to stay on Prince's Way
  54. 54 : km 17.4 - alt. 119 m - Walk east on Prince's Way
  55. 55 : km 17.45 - alt. 119 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Homer Rd
  56. S/E : km 17.56 - alt. 123 m

Useful Information

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Walking Solihull Railway Station to Malvern and Brueton Park, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔8.96 km ↗+15 m ↘-15 m ◔2h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail takes you through Solihull town centre with lovely views of St. Alphege Church, through two beautiful parks and along a stretch of the River Blythe. Keep an eye out for the 15th century Manor House on the high street, the Joseph Boehm statue in Malvern Park, and the blue tits, woodpeckers, long-tailed tits and nuthatches at Parkridge Nature Reserve.

Walking Widney Manor to Dorridge Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔4.34 km ↗+12 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail takes you through areas of Solihull’s suburbia and countryside, crossing the M42. Along this trail you’ll also cross the River Blythe, one of the richest rivers in lowland England and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Walking Olton to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔12.42 km ↗+29 m ↘-11 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail from Olton follows the towpath along the Grand Union Canal to Tyseley, before turning on to the River Cole and taking you through the four mile long Shire Country Park – Tolkein country – and on into Shirley. You can detour at a couple of points to finish at Hall Green or Yardley Wood stations. As you leave Olton station you’ll see the Saxon King on Horse stainless steel sculpture.

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 Dorridge to Lapworth Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔7.14 km ↗+9 m ↘-23 m ◔2h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (West Midlands Combined Authority)

This trail takes you between Dorridge and Lapworth railway stations via the Grand Union Canal towpath. An alternative finish allows you to extend the walk along the Stratford upon Avon Canal too.

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 From Barston

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↔6.69 km ↗+38 m ↘-43 m ◔2h 00 ▲Easy
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Walking Hampton-in-Arden Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔5.84 km ↗+23 m ↘-24 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑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.

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