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Clayhanger Common Walk

Linear Trail · West Midlands

150

XP

about 1 h 9 min walking

Easy
5.71 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

Short, 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)

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252 m

180 m

109 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.

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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

6 m

Drop

5 m

Highest

153 m

Lowest

142 m

Walking time

about 1 h 9 min

How the 5.7 km splits

Flat

4.3 km

Climbing

0.7 km

Descending

0.7 km

Link it with other walks

Four Commons Walk

Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0

10.91 km

Cannock Extension Canal to Longwood Junction

Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.5, 5.6

12.64 km

Beacon Way

Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0

37.37 km

Forest of Mercia Timberland Trail

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.5

28.5 km

Sneyd Junction to Cannock Extension Canal

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0

10.43 km

McClean Way

Crosses at km 3.2

13.86 km

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