Great Birmingham Run 2024

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 21.44 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 60 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 97 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 149 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 104 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 52.478026° / W 1.910477°
  • ⚑
    End: N 52.470158° / W 1.891513°
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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. 141 m - Start on Broad Street
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Broad Street
  3. 3 : km 0.08 - alt. 142 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.29 - alt. 139 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 0.42 - alt. 135 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.43 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Paradise Circus
  8. 8 : km 0.73 - alt. 139 m - Keep left onto Summer Row
  9. 9 : km 1.36 - alt. 129 m - Turn left onto Summer Hill Street
  10. 10 : km 1.37 - alt. 129 m - Turn right onto Sandpits
  11. 11 : km 1.38 - alt. 129 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 1.41 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Sandpits
  13. 13 : km 1.72 - alt. 126 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Newhall Hill
  14. 14 : km 2.25 - alt. 139 m - Enter roundabout
  15. 15 : km 2.53 - alt. 137 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 2.68 - alt. 136 m - Turn right onto Regent Place
  17. 17 : km 2.89 - alt. 139 m - Turn left onto Vittoria Street
  18. 18 : km 3.04 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Graham Street
  19. 19 : km 3.21 - alt. 129 m - Turn left onto Brook Street
  20. 20 : km 3.3 - alt. 129 m - Keep left onto Saint Paul's Square
  21. 21 : km 3.43 - alt. 129 m - Turn sharp right
  22. 22 : km 3.45 - alt. 129 m - Turn sharp right onto Saint Paul's Square
  23. 23 : km 3.56 - alt. 123 m - Turn sharp right
  24. 24 : km 3.57 - alt. 123 m - Turn sharp right onto Saint Paul's Square
  25. 25 : km 4.08 - alt. 131 m - Turn sharp left onto Summer Row
  26. 26 : km 4.21 - alt. 136 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 4.25 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight left onto Summer Row
  28. 28 : km 5.13 - alt. 138 m - Turn right onto Granville Street
  29. 29 : km 5.32 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Tennant Street
  30. 30 : km 5.61 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto Bishopsgate Street
  31. 31 : km 5.74 - alt. 146 m - Turn left onto William Street
  32. 32 : km 5.88 - alt. 144 m - Turn right onto Holliday Street
  33. 33 : km 5.9 - alt. 144 m - Turn left onto Holliday Street
  34. 34 : km 6.06 - alt. 138 m - Turn right onto Granville Street
  35. 35 : km 6.23 - alt. 142 m - Turn left onto Commercial Street
  36. 36 : km 6.49 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto Severn Street
  37. 37 : km 6.64 - alt. 128 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 6.7 - alt. 127 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 6.71 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight left
  40. 40 : km 6.77 - alt. 125 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 6.86 - alt. 127 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 6.87 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto Lower Severn Street
  43. 43 : km 6.97 - alt. 121 m - Turn right onto Hill Street
  44. 44 : km 7.05 - alt. 119 m - Keep left onto Hill Street
  45. 45 : km 7.09 - alt. 119 m - Keep right
  46. 46 : km 7.1 - alt. 118 m - Turn sharp left onto Station Street
  47. 47 : km 7.35 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Edgbaston Street
  48. 48 : km 7.6 - alt. 110 m - Turn right onto Moat Lane
  49. 49 : km 7.63 - alt. 109 m - Keep right onto Upper Dean Street
  50. 50 : km 7.65 - alt. 109 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 7.65 - alt. 109 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 7.66 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Upper Dean Street
  53. 53 : km 7.91 - alt. 112 m - Turn left onto Pershore Street
  54. 54 : km 8.26 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight right onto Sherlock Street
  55. 55 : km 8.93 - alt. 109 m - Keep left onto Sherlock Street
  56. 56 : km 8.98 - alt. 110 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Pershore Road
  57. 57 : km 10.27 - alt. 113 m - Keep right onto Pershore Road
  58. 58 : km 10.41 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto Priory Road
  59. 59 : km 10.59 - alt. 118 m - Keep left onto Priory Road
  60. 60 : km 10.75 - alt. 114 m - Keep right onto Priory Road
  61. 61 : km 10.79 - alt. 113 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 10.81 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto Pershore Road
  63. 63 : km 12.37 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto Kensington Road
  64. 64 : km 12.88 - alt. 137 m - Turn left onto Selly Park Road
  65. 65 : km 13.21 - alt. 140 m - Turn sharp left onto Elmdon Road
  66. 66 : km 13.48 - alt. 143 m - Turn sharp left
  67. 67 : km 13.72 - alt. 138 m - Turn left
  68. 68 : km 13.73 - alt. 138 m - Turn right onto Selly Park Road
  69. 69 : km 14.22 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto Pershore Road
  70. 70 : km 15.84 - alt. 116 m - Turn right
  71. 71 : km 15.85 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  72. 72 : km 16.43 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto Edgbaston Road
  73. 73 : km 16.78 - alt. 110 m - Turn sharp right
  74. 74 : km 16.89 - alt. 110 m - Turn slight left onto Queen's Ride
  75. 75 : km 17.38 - alt. 111 m - Turn sharp left
  76. 76 : km 17.43 - alt. 112 m - Turn right
  77. 77 : km 17.43 - alt. 112 m - Turn sharp right
  78. 78 : km 18.32 - alt. 113 m - Turn sharp right onto Edgbaston Road
  79. 79 : km 18.68 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto Cannon Hill Road
  80. 80 : km 18.7 - alt. 113 m - Turn right onto Edgbaston Road
  81. 81 : km 18.88 - alt. 109 m - Keep right onto Edgbaston Road
  82. 82 : km 19.24 - alt. 112 m - Turn sharp right
  83. 83 : km 19.26 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto Pershore Road
  84. 84 : km 20.54 - alt. 110 m - Keep right onto Pershore Road
  85. 85 : km 20.59 - alt. 110 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Sherlock Street
  86. 86 : km 21.03 - alt. 106 m - Turn sharp right onto Gooch Street
  87. 87 : km 21.11 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Bishop Street
  88. 88 : km 21.29 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Macdonald Street
  89. 89 : km 21.44 - alt. 104 m - Turn sharp right onto Bissell Street
  90. E : km 21.44 - alt. 104 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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