Tracey's Dickens Heath Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.37 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 36 ft
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    Descent: - 36 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 476 ft
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    Lowest point: 427 ft
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 463 ft
  2. 1 : mi 0.04 - alt. 463 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Velsheda Road
  3. 2 : mi 0.15 - alt. 449 ft - Turn left onto Middleton Road
  4. 3 : mi 0.35 - alt. 456 ft - Turn right onto Hurdis Road
  5. 4 : mi 0.69 - alt. 459 ft - Turn left onto Bills Lane
  6. 5 : mi 0.82 - alt. 469 ft - Turn right onto School Road
  7. 6 : mi 0.94 - alt. 466 ft - Keep right onto School Road
  8. 7 : mi 0.98 - alt. 466 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stratford Road, A34
  9. 8 : mi 1.02 - alt. 466 ft - Turn right
  10. 9 : mi 1.18 - alt. 466 ft - Turn slight right
  11. 10 : mi 1.22 - alt. 466 ft - Turn left
  12. 11 : mi 1.23 - alt. 466 ft - Keep right
  13. 12 : mi 1.23 - alt. 466 ft - Turn left
  14. 13 : mi 1.32 - alt. 466 ft - Turn slight right onto Tanworth Lane
  15. 14 : mi 1.83 - alt. 466 ft - Keep right
  16. 15 : mi 1.87 - alt. 463 ft - Turn left
  17. 16 : mi 1.87 - alt. 463 ft - Turn right onto Tanworth Lane, B4102
  18. 17 : mi 1.92 - alt. 459 ft - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Dickens Heath Road
  19. 18 : mi 2.2 - alt. 453 ft - Turn right
  20. 19 : mi 2.2 - alt. 453 ft - Turn left
  21. 20 : mi 2.22 - alt. 453 ft - Turn right onto Tithe Barn Lane
  22. 21 : mi 2.52 - alt. 463 ft - Turn right onto Tythe Barn Lane
  23. 22 : mi 3.03 - alt. 472 ft - Turn right onto Tilehouse Lane
  24. 23 : mi 3.24 - alt. 472 ft - Turn slight right onto Haslucks Green Road
  25. S/E : mi 4.37 - alt. 463 ft

Other walks in the area

Walking Shirley to The Lakes Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔4.88 mi ↗+66 ft ↘-36 ft ◔2h 20 ▲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 Whitlocks End to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔1.64 mi ↗+23 ft ↘-39 ft ◔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 Wythall to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔2.78 mi ↗+33 ft ↘-72 ft ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)
This trail is a linear walk between the stations of Wythall and Shirley. A wander through the pasture and meadows around the outer Shirley suburbs of Major’s Green and Hollywood (once a wood with some holly in it – no connection with Los Angeles!). Eyes peeled for the Iron Age hillfort! If spending a little time in Wythall, check out the extensive collections of buses and battery electric vehicles at the Transport Museum or explore the 37 acres of Wythall Park. On the trail you’ll pass the Berry Mound Iron Age Hill Fort and nearby Berry Mound Pastures, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Walking Clowes Wood and Terry's Pool from Wythall Station

Visorando Member
↔5.48 mi ↗+79 ft ↘-66 ft ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Wythall CP (Worcestershire)
A walk starting and returning to Wythall Station, with opportunities to explore further. Fifty species of birds breed here in the woods. Wildflowers to be seen include bluebell, lily of the valley, cow-wheat, and bilberry. The Earlswood Lakes were constructed in the 1820s to provide water to the Stratford upon Avon canal. The labour force included prisoners of war from the Napoleonic wars.

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

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔5.57 mi ↗+52 ft ↘-52 ft ◔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 Olton to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔7.72 mi ↗+102 ft ↘-69 ft ◔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 Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood

Association / Club / Walk leader
Earlswood Lakes, Terry's Pool and Clowes Wood
↔2.82 mi ↗+66 ft ↘-75 ft ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)
Easy to moderate loop along the lakes and into the woods, ideal for wildlife and train spotting. An alternative and easier route is available avoiding the woodland part.

Walking Earlswood to Wythall Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association / Club / Walk leader
↔1.65 mi ↗+33 ft ↘-36 ft ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)
This short linear trail passes through Kidpile Farm and Fulford Heath, crosses the River Cole and skirts the James Braid designed Fulford Golf Course into Wythall.

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