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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.19 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 59 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 54 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 179 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 136 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(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

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 164 m - Start on Drybrook Close
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 165 m - Turn slight right onto Drybrook Close
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 163 m - Turn left onto Green Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.23 - alt. 172 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Branch Road
  5. 5 : km 0.37 - alt. 176 m - Turn slight left onto Redditch Road
  6. 6 : km 0.93 - alt. 179 m - Keep right
  7. 7 : km 0.96 - alt. 179 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 0.96 - alt. 179 m - Turn left onto Redditch Road
  9. 9 : km 1.02 - alt. 179 m - Turn right onto Nearhill Road
  10. 10 : km 1.42 - alt. 176 m - Turn left onto Heathleigh Road
  11. 11 : km 1.6 - alt. 170 m - Turn left onto Heathleigh Road
  12. 12 : km 1.87 - alt. 165 m - Keep right
  13. 13 : km 1.98 - alt. 163 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 2.14 - alt. 167 m - Turn sharp right
  15. 15 : km 2.14 - alt. 167 m - Keep left
  16. 16 : km 2.4 - alt. 164 m - Keep left
  17. 17 : km 2.43 - alt. 161 m - Keep left
  18. 18 : km 2.53 - alt. 156 m - Turn right onto Staple Lodge Road
  19. 19 : km 2.96 - alt. 147 m - Turn left onto Wychall Road
  20. 20 : km 3.69 - alt. 161 m - Turn slight left onto Norman Road
  21. 21 : km 3.7 - alt. 161 m - Turn right onto Woodland Road
  22. 22 : km 3.98 - alt. 169 m - Turn right onto Bunbury Road
  23. 23 : km 4.64 - alt. 173 m - Turn right onto Lady Bracknell Mews
  24. 24 : km 4.64 - alt. 173 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 4.81 - alt. 173 m - Keep left
  26. 26 : km 4.82 - alt. 173 m - Turn right onto Middleton Hall Road
  27. 27 : km 5.66 - alt. 164 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 5.67 - alt. 164 m - Turn right onto Middleton Hall Road
  29. 29 : km 6.08 - alt. 158 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Pershore Road South
  30. 30 : km 6.1 - alt. 157 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 6.11 - alt. 157 m - Turn right onto Pershore Road South
  32. 32 : km 6.21 - alt. 150 m - Keep right onto Pershore Road South
  33. 33 : km 6.22 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 6.23 - alt. 151 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 6.37 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Camp Lane
  36. 36 : km 6.69 - alt. 138 m - Turn slight left onto Westhill Road
  37. 37 : km 6.87 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Wychall Lane
  38. 38 : km 7.76 - alt. 149 m - Turn left onto The Fairway
  39. 39 : km 8.2 - alt. 169 m - Turn right onto Vardon Way
  40. 40 : km 8.93 - alt. 177 m - Turn right onto Rednal Road
  41. E : km 9.19 - alt. 168 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Walking Whitlocks End to Shirley Railway Stations, Rail Trails

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↔2.64 km ↗+4 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
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Walking Earlswood to Wythall Railway Station, Rail Trails

Association or club
↔2.65 km ↗+6 m ↘-10 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
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Association or club
↔7.85 km ↗+13 m ↘-4 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
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Association or club
↔6.04 km ↗+17 m ↘-11 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
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Walker
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⚑Departure from Tidbury Green (West Midlands Combined Authority)

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