Run 4

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.46 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 40 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 36 m
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    Vertical drop: - 31 m
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    Highest point: 187 m
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    Lowest point: 152 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sandwell 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.47657° / W 1.97476°
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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. 180 m - Start near 25-28 Weston Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 180 m - Walk west on Weston Rd towards Wigorn Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.03 - alt. 180 m - Turn right onto Wigorn Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.14 - alt. 178 m - Continue straight onto Thimblemill Rd/B4182
  5. 5 : km 0.2 - alt. 175 m - Walk north on Thimblemill Rd/B4182 towards Ethel St
  6. 6 : km 0.45 - alt. 170 m - Walk north-west on Thimblemill Rd/B4182 towards Reginald Rd
  7. 7 : km 0.66 - alt. 167 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Stanhope Rd
  8. 8 : km 0.81 - alt. 165 m - Walk north-east on Stanhope Rd towards Mill Hill
  9. 9 : km 1.01 - alt. 161 m - Walk north-east on Stanhope Rd towards Davison Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.22 - alt. 160 m - Walk north-east on Stanhope Rd towards Wellington Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.33 - alt. 160 m - Walk north-east
  12. 12 : km 1.34 - alt. 159 m - At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Cheshire Rd
  13. 13 : km 1.47 - alt. 156 m - Walk north on Cheshire Rd towards Edward Rd
  14. 14 : km 1.78 - alt. 153 m - Walk north on Cheshire Rd towards Watery Ln
  15. 15 : km 1.94 - alt. 152 m - Turn right to stay on Cheshire Rd
  16. 16 : km 1.96 - alt. 152 m - Turn left onto A4030
  17. 17 : km 1.96 - alt. 152 m - Walk south on A4030 towards Cheshire Rd
  18. 18 : km 2.17 - alt. 159 m - Turn left onto Newlands Green/A4030
  19. 19 : km 2.18 - alt. 159 m - Turn left onto Bearwood Rd/Newlands Green/A4030
  20. 20 : km 2.22 - alt. 159 m - Newlands Green turns slightly right and becomes High St/B4125
  21. 21 : km 2.39 - alt. 164 m - Walk south-east on High St/B4125 towards Corbett St
  22. 22 : km 2.66 - alt. 169 m - Walk east on High St/B4125 towards Waterloo Rd/A4092
  23. 23 : km 2.71 - alt. 170 m - Walk south on Shireland Rd/B4125 towards Florence Rd
  24. 24 : km 2.91 - alt. 170 m - Walk south on Shireland Rd/B4125 towards Edith Rd
  25. 25 : km 3.08 - alt. 159 m - Walk south on Shireland Rd/B4125 towards Gilbert Rd
  26. 26 : km 3.18 - alt. 157 m - Walk south on Portland Rd/B4125 towards Ridgeway
  27. 27 : km 3.39 - alt. 158 m - Walk south-east on Portland Rd/B4125 towards City Rd/A4040
  28. 28 : km 3.71 - alt. 170 m - Turn left onto City Rd/A4040
  29. 29 : km 3.71 - alt. 170 m - Walk south-west on City Rd/A4040 towards Portland Rd/B4125
  30. 30 : km 3.91 - alt. 174 m - Walk south-west on City Rd/A4040 towards Bernard Rd
  31. 31 : km 4.09 - alt. 177 m - Walk south-west on City Rd/A4040 towards Fountain Rd
  32. 32 : km 4.31 - alt. 185 m - Walk south-west on City Rd/A4040 towards Sandon Rd/B4182
  33. 33 : km 4.41 - alt. 187 m - Walk north-west on Sandon Rd/A4040 towards Barnsley Rd
  34. 34 : km 4.7 - alt. 185 m - Walk north-west on Sandon Rd/B4182 towards Poplar Ave
  35. 35 : km 4.9 - alt. 181 m - Walk north-west on Sandon Rd/B4182 towards Bearwood Rd/A4030
  36. 36 : km 5.04 - alt. 180 m - Walk west on Three Shires Oak Rd/B4182 towards Wattis Rd
  37. 37 : km 5.27 - alt. 181 m - Walk south on Milcote Rd towards Weston Rd
  38. 38 : km 5.36 - alt. 184 m - Turn right onto Weston Rd
  39. S/E : km 5.46 - alt. 180 m

Useful Information

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