Four Commons Walk
Linear Trail · West Midlands
150
XP
about 2 h 14 min walking
Circular route following the Wyrley & Essington Canal to Clayhanger Common – one of Walsall’s much-loved areas of green, open space. Distance: 6 miles/9.5 km(approx) Duration: 120 mins(approx)
350 m
214 m
78 m
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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.
Leisurely walk
Mostly flat, no real climbs.
Climb
32 m
Drop
32 m
Highest
168 m
Lowest
139 m
Walking time
about 2 h 14 min
Main descent: km 1.6–2.3, from 168 m to 148 m.
How the 10.9 km splits
Flat
7.3 km
Climbing
1.8 km
Descending
1.8 km
Clayhanger Common Walk
Shares 5.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.15.71 km
Cannock Extension Canal to Longwood Junction
Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.7, 10.712.64 km
Forest of Mercia Timberland Trail
Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 2.3, 4.8, 5.728.5 km
Beacon Way
Shares 3.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.137.37 km
Sneyd Junction to Cannock Extension Canal
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 5.110.43 km
McClean Way
Crosses at km 8.313.86 km