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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 57.33 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 16h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 35 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 95 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 121 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 46 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 52.457841° / W 1.791996°
  • ⚑
    End: N 52.79642° / W 1.621392°
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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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 107 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.09 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Barrows Lane
  3. 3 : km 0.22 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Barrows Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.43 - alt. 108 m - Keep left onto Barrows Lane
  5. 5 : km 0.94 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Elmay Road
  6. 6 : km 1.08 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 1.12 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 1.33 - alt. 101 m - Turn left onto Garretts Green Lane
  9. 9 : km 1.36 - alt. 101 m - Turn right onto Bilton Grange Road
  10. 10 : km 1.38 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 1.48 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Duncroft Road
  12. 12 : km 1.53 - alt. 107 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 1.61 - alt. 111 m - Turn slight left onto Cockshut Hill
  14. 14 : km 1.95 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Averill Road
  15. 15 : km 2.07 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Milstead Road
  16. 16 : km 2.51 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Broadstone Road
  17. 17 : km 2.56 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Sheldon Heath Road
  18. 18 : km 2.68 - alt. 113 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 2.69 - alt. 114 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 2.72 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Meadway
  21. 21 : km 2.73 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto The Lea
  22. 22 : km 2.83 - alt. 114 m - Keep right onto The Lea
  23. 23 : km 3.2 - alt. 99 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Crossfield Road
  24. 24 : km 3.33 - alt. 97 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Crossfield Road
  25. 25 : km 3.77 - alt. 94 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Crossfield Road
  26. 26 : km 4.06 - alt. 98 m - Turn slight right onto Cole Hall Lane
  27. 27 : km 5.15 - alt. 94 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Buckland End
  28. 28 : km 5.43 - alt. 97 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Heathland Avenue
  29. 29 : km 5.93 - alt. 107 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 5.96 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Bradford Road
  31. 31 : km 5.99 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Birmingham Road
  32. 32 : km 6.05 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Colebridge Way
  33. 33 : km 6.18 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Colebridge Way
  34. 34 : km 6.45 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 6.48 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Chester Road
  36. 36 : km 6.77 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Newport Road
  37. 37 : km 6.8 - alt. 86 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Newport Road
  38. 38 : km 7.47 - alt. 82 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Chester Road
  39. 39 : km 7.81 - alt. 82 m - Keep right onto A452
  40. 40 : km 7.89 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Chester Road
  41. 41 : km 8.16 - alt. 89 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Chester Road
  42. 42 : km 8.25 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp right
  43. 43 : km 8.26 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp left
  44. 44 : km 8.27 - alt. 93 m - Turn sharp right
  45. 45 : km 11.82 - alt. 87 m - Keep left
  46. 46 : km 13.02 - alt. 95 m - Keep left
  47. 47 : km 19.56 - alt. 63 m - Keep right
  48. 48 : km 20.58 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
  49. 49 : km 21.52 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
  50. 50 : km 22.87 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 30.63 - alt. 65 m - Keep left
  52. 52 : km 32.44 - alt. 64 m - Keep left
  53. 53 : km 33.62 - alt. 62 m - Keep right
  54. 54 : km 38.24 - alt. 64 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 38.33 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 38.49 - alt. 64 m - Keep left
  57. 57 : km 39.73 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
  58. 58 : km 40.42 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  59. 59 : km 40.43 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  60. 60 : km 43.25 - alt. 55 m - Keep right
  61. 61 : km 43.68 - alt. 54 m - Keep left
  62. 62 : km 45.66 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  63. 63 : km 45.67 - alt. 52 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 46.63 - alt. 52 m - Keep left
  65. 65 : km 47.23 - alt. 51 m - Keep left
  66. 66 : km 50.89 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 50.91 - alt. 48 m - Turn left
  68. 68 : km 54.44 - alt. 48 m - Turn right
  69. 69 : km 54.46 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Shobnall Road
  70. 70 : km 54.77 - alt. 47 m - Keep left
  71. 71 : km 54.82 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight left onto Shobnall Road and take B5017, A511, A50, A444 toward Town Centre, Leicester, Uttoxeter, Nuneaton
  72. 72 : km 54.95 - alt. 46 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Shobnall Road
  73. 73 : km 55.33 - alt. 46 m - Keep right onto A5189 and take A5189, A38, A50, B5234 toward Lichfield, Derby, Uttoxeter, Abbots Bromley
  74. 74 : km 55.37 - alt. 46 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Evershed Way
  75. 75 : km 55.89 - alt. 47 m - Keep right onto A5189 and take A5189, A38, A50 toward Lichfield, Derby, Uttoxeter
  76. 76 : km 56.13 - alt. 46 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A5189
  77. 77 : km 57.03 - alt. 54 m - Keep left onto St Peter's Bridge
  78. 78 : km 57.07 - alt. 55 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stapenhill Road
  79. 79 : km 57.23 - alt. 50 m - Turn right onto The Cloisters
  80. 80 : km 57.32 - alt. 52 m - Turn slight right onto The Cloisters
  81. E : km 57.33 - alt. 52 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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