Meriden To Stone Using Canals
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 71.75 km
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Average duration: 21h 00
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 173 m
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Vertical drop: - 197 m
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Highest point: 122 m
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Lowest point: 62 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Meriden
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Start: N 52.437543° / W 1.649102°
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End: N 52.904359° / W 2.152821°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Start on The Green
- 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 115 m - Keep right onto Main Road, B4104
- 3 : km 0.08 - alt. 115 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fillongley Road, B4102
- 4 : km 0.13 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Maxstoke Lane
- 5 : km 0.77 - alt. 113 m - Turn left
- 6 : km 0.78 - alt. 113 m - Turn right
- 7 : km 1.22 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Shepherds Lane
- 8 : km 1.23 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Maxstoke Lane
- 9 : km 5.02 - alt. 100 m - Turn left onto Church Lane
- 10 : km 6.51 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Fillongley Road
- 11 : km 6.71 - alt. 87 m - Turn right onto Castle Lane
- 12 : km 9.58 - alt. 78 m - Turn left onto Coleshill Road, B4114
- 13 : km 10.1 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Watery Lane
- 14 : km 10.44 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Station Road
- 15 : km 14.67 - alt. 69 m - Keep left onto Coton Road
- 16 : km 14.71 - alt. 70 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Coton Road
- 17 : km 15.09 - alt. 66 m - Keep left onto Bodymoor Heath Road
- 18 : km 16.75 - alt. 68 m - Keep right
- 19 : km 16.78 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
- 20 : km 17.82 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
- 21 : km 17.82 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
- 22 : km 19.43 - alt. 63 m - Keep right
- 23 : km 20.46 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
- 24 : km 21.4 - alt. 63 m - Keep left
- 25 : km 22.7 - alt. 63 m - Turn sharp right
- 26 : km 22.72 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Watling Street, B5404
- 27 : km 24.63 - alt. 82 m - Keep right onto B5404
- 28 : km 24.77 - alt. 85 m - Turn sharp right onto Sutton Road, A453
- 29 : km 25.17 - alt. 75 m - Keep left onto Sutton Road, A453
- 30 : km 25.2 - alt. 76 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Plantation Lane, B5404
- 31 : km 27.75 - alt. 88 m - Turn left onto Hopwas Hill, A51
- 32 : km 31.04 - alt. 101 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Tamworth Road, A51
- 33 : km 33.06 - alt. 75 m - Keep left onto A51
- 34 : km 34.39 - alt. 84 m - Keep right
- 35 : km 35.48 - alt. 82 m - Keep right onto St John Street
- 36 : km 35.53 - alt. 83 m - Turn slight left onto The Friary
- 37 : km 35.54 - alt. 83 m - Turn right onto Bird Street
- 38 : km 37.29 - alt. 103 m - Turn left
- 39 : km 37.36 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Western By-Pass, A51
- 40 : km 38.16 - alt. 109 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stafford Road, A51
- 41 : km 41.13 - alt. 99 m - Keep left onto A51
- 42 : km 44.94 - alt. 91 m - Keep left onto Main Road, A51
- 43 : km 45 - alt. 87 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Brereton Hill, A460
- 44 : km 47.31 - alt. 78 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
- 45 : km 47.32 - alt. 78 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Horse Fair, A460
- 46 : km 47.5 - alt. 77 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A460
- 47 : km 47.86 - alt. 79 m - Keep right onto A460
- 48 : km 48.89 - alt. 75 m - Keep left onto Western Springs Road, A460
- 49 : km 48.92 - alt. 76 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Wolseley Road, A460
- 50 : km 49.83 - alt. 72 m - Keep left onto A460
- 51 : km 49.89 - alt. 73 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A51
- 52 : km 51.26 - alt. 72 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A51
- 53 : km 51.32 - alt. 71 m - Keep right onto A51
- 54 : km 51.58 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
- 55 : km 51.6 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
- 56 : km 53.48 - alt. 73 m - Keep right
- 57 : km 55.13 - alt. 72 m - Keep right
- 58 : km 55.58 - alt. 73 m - Keep right
- 59 : km 69.66 - alt. 84 m - Keep right
- 60 : km 71.06 - alt. 84 m - Keep right
- 61 : km 71.67 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
- E : km 71.75 - alt. 91 m
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