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Activity: Walking
Distance: 16.69 km
Calculated time: 4h 55
Difficulty: Not specified
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 47 m
Vertical drop: - 44 m
Highest point: 135 m
Lowest point: 100 m

District: Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
Start/End: N 52.443073° / W 1.798063°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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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

S/E : km 0 - alt. 115 m - Start on Lyndon Road
2 : km 0.15 - alt. 111 m - Turn right onto Ulleries Road
3 : km 0.63 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Moordown Avenue
4 : km 1.02 - alt. 118 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Highwood Avenue
5 : km 1.5 - alt. 121 m - Turn left
6 : km 1.56 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Rodney Road
7 : km 1.91 - alt. 116 m - Turn right
8 : km 1.91 - alt. 116 m - Turn left
9 : km 1.95 - alt. 115 m - Turn slight left
10 : km 1.98 - alt. 116 m - Turn sharp right
11 : km 3.01 - alt. 103 m - Turn right onto Tanhouse Farm Road
12 : km 3.27 - alt. 100 m - Keep right
13 : km 3.61 - alt. 101 m - Turn left
14 : km 4 - alt. 101 m - Turn sharp right
15 : km 4.11 - alt. 102 m - Turn right
16 : km 4.35 - alt. 122 m - Turn left
17 : km 4.48 - alt. 120 m - Turn sharp right
18 : km 5.36 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Damson Parkway
19 : km 5.46 - alt. 121 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Damson Lane
20 : km 6.84 - alt. 122 m - Turn slight left onto Damson Lane
21 : km 6.97 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Lugtrout Lane
22 : km 7.45 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Damson Parkway
23 : km 7.46 - alt. 118 m - Turn right onto Lugtrout Lane
24 : km 9 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto Hampton Lane
25 : km 10.66 - alt. 134 m - Turn right
26 : km 10.74 - alt. 135 m - Turn sharp right
27 : km 10.79 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto Yew Tree Lane
28 : km 10.9 - alt. 134 m - Keep left onto Yew Tree Lane
29 : km 12.13 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Lode Lane
30 : km 13.35 - alt. 116 m - Turn left onto Dovehouse Lane
31 : km 14.66 - alt. 132 m - Turn right onto Warwick Road
32 : km 15.57 - alt. 122 m - Keep left onto Warwick Road
33 : km 15.58 - alt. 122 m - Turn sharp left onto Warwick Road
34 : km 15.63 - alt. 123 m - Turn right
35 : km 15.66 - alt. 123 m - Turn sharp right onto Ulverley Green Road
36 : km 15.7 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Station Drive
37 : km 15.89 - alt. 120 m - Turn slight right onto Richmond Road
38 : km 16.24 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto Lyndon Road
S/E : km 16.69 - alt. 115 m

Useful Information

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