Nechells Walk

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 7.82 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 20 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 21 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 118 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 96 m
  • ⚐
    District: Birmingham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.502993° / W 1.877198°
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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. 107 m - Start on Beeston Close
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight left
  3. 3 : km 0.12 - alt. 102 m - Turn right onto Church Road
  4. 4 : km 0.36 - alt. 100 m - Keep right onto Church Road
  5. 5 : km 0.38 - alt. 99 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Thimble Mill Lane, B4132
  6. 6 : km 0.8 - alt. 106 m - Keep left onto Thimble Mill Lane, B4132
  7. 7 : km 0.82 - alt. 106 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Thimble Mill Lane, B4132
  8. 8 : km 0.89 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 0.9 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Thimble Mill Lane, B4132
  10. 10 : km 1.02 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  11. 11 : km 1.05 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp right
  12. 12 : km 1.21 - alt. 108 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 1.23 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 1.24 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Bloomsbury Street
  15. 15 : km 1.57 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Bloomsbury Street
  16. 16 : km 1.68 - alt. 106 m - Turn left onto Nechells Parkway, A47
  17. 17 : km 1.8 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 1.85 - alt. 101 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 1.93 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight right onto Little Hall Road
  20. 20 : km 2.2 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Great Francis Street, B4132
  21. 21 : km 2.48 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto Hilden Road
  22. 22 : km 2.49 - alt. 112 m - Turn sharp right onto Great Francis Street, B4132
  23. 23 : km 2.78 - alt. 107 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 2.84 - alt. 109 m - Turn sharp right
  25. 25 : km 3.09 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 3.19 - alt. 117 m - Turn sharp left
  27. 27 : km 3.23 - alt. 117 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 3.28 - alt. 116 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 3.28 - alt. 117 m - Turn sharp left
  30. 30 : km 3.33 - alt. 117 m - Turn slight right onto Nechells Parkway, A47
  31. 31 : km 3.47 - alt. 114 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 4.02 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Oliver Street
  33. 33 : km 4.24 - alt. 106 m - Turn sharp left
  34. 34 : km 4.35 - alt. 105 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 4.65 - alt. 109 m - Turn right onto Rocky Lane
  36. 36 : km 4.75 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Cromwell Street
  37. 37 : km 5.14 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Oliver Street
  38. 38 : km 5.23 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Rupert Street
  39. 39 : km 5.59 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Rocky Lane
  40. 40 : km 5.68 - alt. 109 m - Turn sharp left
  41. 41 : km 5.69 - alt. 109 m - Turn sharp right onto Rocky Lane
  42. 42 : km 5.78 - alt. 108 m - Turn left onto Rupert Street
  43. 43 : km 6.13 - alt. 108 m - Turn right onto Avenue Road
  44. 44 : km 6.79 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto Aston Road North, A5127
  45. 45 : km 6.9 - alt. 104 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 6.92 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Aston Road North, A5127
  47. 47 : km 6.99 - alt. 105 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Lichfield Road, A5127
  48. 48 : km 7.39 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 7.54 - alt. 111 m - Turn slight right
  50. 50 : km 7.55 - alt. 111 m - Keep left
  51. 51 : km 7.58 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Victoria Road
  52. 52 : km 7.61 - alt. 110 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 7.73 - alt. 110 m - Turn sharp right
  54. 54 : km 7.79 - alt. 108 m - Turn left
  55. 55 : km 7.81 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Beeston Close
  56. S/E : km 7.82 - alt. 107 m

Useful Information

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