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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.45 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 40 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 40 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 155 m
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    Lowest point: 109 m
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Start near 38 Red Lion St, Alvechurch, Birmingham, Worcestershire B48 7LF, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Head southeast on Red Lion St toward Meadow Ln
  3. 3 : km 0.15 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto The Square
  4. 4 : km 0.2 - alt. 115 m - Continue straight onto Radford Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.46 - alt. 118 m - Head northeast on Radford Rd toward Old Rectory Ln
  6. 6 : km 0.69 - alt. 119 m - Head northeast on Radford Rd toward Old Rectory Ln
  7. 7 : km 0.92 - alt. 122 m - Head northeast on Radford Rd toward Old Rectory Ln
  8. 8 : km 0.95 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Old Rectory Ln
  9. 9 : km 1.2 - alt. 116 m - Head west on Old Rectory Ln toward Birmingham Rd
  10. 10 : km 1.65 - alt. 121 m - Head southwest on Old Rectory Ln toward Birmingham Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.95 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto Birmingham Rd
  12. 12 : km 2.09 - alt. 123 m - Head north on Birmingham Rd toward Alvestan Cl
  13. 13 : km 2.26 - alt. 125 m - Head northwest on Birmingham Rd
  14. 14 : km 2.43 - alt. 126 m - Head northwest on Birmingham Rd
  15. 15 : km 2.44 - alt. 126 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Old Birmingham Rd
  16. 16 : km 3.08 - alt. 124 m - Head north on Old Birmingham Rd
  17. 17 : km 3.29 - alt. 131 m - Head north on Old Birmingham Rd toward Pestilence Ln
  18. 18 : km 3.33 - alt. 133 m - Continue onto Jays Cres
  19. 19 : km 3.42 - alt. 136 m - Turn right onto Redditch Rd/B4120
  20. 20 : km 3.49 - alt. 135 m - Head northeast on Redditch Rd/B4120
  21. 21 : km 3.74 - alt. 131 m - Head northeast on Redditch Rd/B4120
  22. 22 : km 3.78 - alt. 132 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 3.88 - alt. 132 m - Head northeast toward Redditch Rd/A441
  24. 24 : km 3.9 - alt. 132 m - Head north on Redditch Rd/A441 toward Smedley Crooke Pl
  25. 25 : km 4.06 - alt. 132 m - Head north on Redditch Rd/A441 toward Ash Ln
  26. 26 : km 4.2 - alt. 137 m - Head north on Birmingham Rd/A441 toward Canal Side
  27. 27 : km 4.27 - alt. 140 m - Turn left onto Bittell Farm Rd
  28. 28 : km 4.3 - alt. 140 m - Head southwest on Bittell Farm Rd
  29. 29 : km 4.71 - alt. 140 m - Head west on Bittell Farm Rd
  30. 30 : km 5.07 - alt. 151 m - Head southwest on Bittell Farm Rd
  31. 31 : km 5.28 - alt. 148 m - Head southwest on Bittell Farm Rd
  32. 32 : km 5.53 - alt. 151 m - Head west on Bittell Farm Rd toward Bittell Rd/B4120
  33. 33 : km 5.91 - alt. 139 m - Head southwest on Bittell Farm Rd toward Bittell Rd/B4120
  34. 34 : km 6.1 - alt. 138 m - Head southwest on Bittell Farm Rd toward Bittell Rd/B4120
  35. 35 : km 6.24 - alt. 139 m - Turn left onto Bittell Rd/B4120
  36. 36 : km 6.51 - alt. 140 m - Head southeast on Bittell Rd/B4120
  37. 37 : km 6.85 - alt. 143 m - Head east on Bittell Rd/B4120 toward Aqueduct Ln
  38. 38 : km 7.26 - alt. 128 m - Head southeast on Bittell Rd toward Aqueduct Ln
  39. 39 : km 7.41 - alt. 127 m - At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Birmingham Rd
  40. 40 : km 7.51 - alt. 127 m - Head southeast on Birmingham Rd toward Alvestan Cl
  41. 41 : km 7.72 - alt. 124 m - Head south on Birmingham Rd toward Alvestan Cl
  42. 42 : km 7.89 - alt. 123 m - Head south on Birmingham Rd toward Old Rectory Ln
  43. 43 : km 8.08 - alt. 121 m - Head southeast on Birmingham Rd toward Birmingham Rd
  44. 44 : km 8.29 - alt. 117 m - Head southeast on Birmingham Rd toward Red Lion St
  45. 45 : km 8.38 - alt. 116 m - Continue onto Red Lion St
  46. S/E : km 8.45 - alt. 115 m

Useful Information

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