17 Mile Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 27.42 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 8h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 196 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 202 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 202 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 105 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sandwell 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.549373° / W 1.977144°
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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. 121 m - Start on Haywood's Farm
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 121 m - Turn slight right onto Haywood's Farm
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Wyndmill Crescent
  4. 4 : km 0.24 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Beaconview Road
  5. 5 : km 0.52 - alt. 119 m - Turn slight left onto Beaconview Road
  6. 6 : km 0.65 - alt. 125 m - Keep left onto Beacon View Road
  7. 7 : km 0.73 - alt. 130 m - Turn left onto Walsall Road, A4031
  8. 8 : km 1.39 - alt. 141 m - Keep left onto Jervoise Lane
  9. 9 : km 1.56 - alt. 146 m - Turn slight right onto Hollyhedge Road
  10. 10 : km 2.3 - alt. 148 m - Keep left onto Hollyhedge Road, A4031
  11. 11 : km 2.59 - alt. 155 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 2.62 - alt. 154 m - Turn slight left onto Newton Road, A4041
  13. 13 : km 8.45 - alt. 136 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Queslett Road, A4041
  14. 14 : km 9.25 - alt. 156 m - Enter roundabout
  15. 15 : km 9.3 - alt. 158 m - Turn right onto Queslett Road
  16. 16 : km 9.93 - alt. 172 m - Turn sharp right
  17. 17 : km 9.94 - alt. 172 m - Turn left onto Queslett Road East, A4041
  18. 18 : km 10.65 - alt. 151 m - Enter roundabout
  19. 19 : km 11.24 - alt. 150 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Thornhill Road, B4138
  20. 20 : km 11.31 - alt. 148 m - Turn slight left onto Thornhill Road, B4138
  21. 21 : km 13.27 - alt. 147 m - Turn left onto Burnett Road
  22. 22 : km 13.63 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Hardwick Road
  23. 23 : km 14.5 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto Wood Lane
  24. 24 : km 15.14 - alt. 157 m - Turn right onto Foley Road West, B4151
  25. 25 : km 15.91 - alt. 177 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Beacon Hill, B4151
  26. 26 : km 19.81 - alt. 129 m - Keep left onto Sutton Road, B4151
  27. 27 : km 19.84 - alt. 128 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Broadway North, A4148
  28. 28 : km 19.88 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight left onto Broadway North, A4148
  29. 29 : km 20.38 - alt. 123 m - Turn slight left onto A4148
  30. 30 : km 20.41 - alt. 123 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Broadway, A4148
  31. 31 : km 22.71 - alt. 114 m - Turn left onto Bescot Crescent
  32. 32 : km 24.94 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 25.11 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Bell Lane
  34. 34 : km 25.64 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto West Bromwich Road, A4031
  35. 35 : km 26.69 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 26.8 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Navigation Lane
  37. 37 : km 26.89 - alt. 119 m - Turn left onto Beaconview Road
  38. 38 : km 27.18 - alt. 115 m - Turn right onto Wyndmill Crescent
  39. 39 : km 27.3 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Haywood's Farm
  40. 40 : km 27.37 - alt. 121 m - Turn slight left onto Haywood's Farm
  41. S/E : km 27.42 - alt. 121 m

Useful Information

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