Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring
Loop Walk · West Midlands
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
'Circuit' of Canals surrounding Dudley & Stourbridge. Follow the fascinating network of junctions and branches through scenery varying from industrial warehouses to suprisingly secluded rural lengths.
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
235 m
Drop
240 m
Highest
236 m
Lowest
54 m
Walking time
about 11 h 19 min
A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 7.4 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: Easy first 44.1 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 8.8–10.5, from 236 m to 141 m.
How the 54.6 km splits
Flat
47.5 km
Climbing
3.7 km
Descending
3.4 km
Link it with other walks
Horseley Fields Junction to Factory Junction
Shares 7.4 km of path · meets at km 13.37.73 km
Stourbridge Circular (Leys Junction to Delph Locks)
Shares 5.0 km of path · meets at km 48.411.3 km
Stourbridge Canal & Glass Quarter Heritage Trail
Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 48.4, 49.2, 52.411.14 km
Neptune Health Park Walk
Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 10.16.24 km
Monarch's Way
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 7.3, 30.6, 34.3…920.73 km
Wolverhampton Locks Walk
Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 21.53.02 km
Factory Junction to Ladywood Junction
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 10.912.35 km
Dudley Port Circular
Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 10.1, 10.913.79 km
Walk Tipton Heritage Trail
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 10.9, 12.39.46 km
Delph Walk
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 53.31.62 km