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Walk Smethwick Heritage Trail

Linear Trail · West Midlands

200

XP

about 1 h 36 min walking

Easy
7.51 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.

Heritage trail around Smethwick, once known as “the level land where cows graze” from Anglo-Saxon farms Canals fueled a boom, making steam engines, stained glass, ceramics & lighthouses. Historically known as “the workshop of the world.”

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298 m

204 m

111 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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

67 m

Drop

23 m

Highest

201 m

Lowest

143 m

Walking time

about 1 h 36 min

Main climb: km 6.4–7.0, from 169 m to 199 m.

How the 7.5 km splits

Flat

3.9 km

Climbing

2.2 km

Descending

1.3 km

Link it with other walks

Smethwick Places of Worship Heritage Trail

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.3, 3.6…

6.85 km

Factory Junction to Ladywood Junction

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 1.3, 1.4, 2.4

12.35 km

Revolution Walk

Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 1.3, 1.4, 2.4

5.98 km

Galton Valley Walk

Starts here too · Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 1.6, 2.4

1.3 km

Warley Woods History Trail

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 6.7

3.09 km

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