21.2 km loop from Bordesley
21.2 km loop starting near Bordesley in Sutton Coldfield. Follows the waterfront for approximately 1.06 km. Runs past The Pen Museum and Blue Plaque: John Hardman 1811-1867 Master Metalworker and Stained Glass Maker. The surface is mostly paved. Elevation gain is limited (167 m total). The route returns to its starting point.
Route facts
- 21.20 km measured distance
- 167 m elevation gain
- 175 m elevation loss
- Around 134 minutes at an easy pace
- loop route
- easy difficulty
- Paved
What this route passes
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal — about 1.1 km along the route
- Bordesley Disused Branch — about 0.2 km along the route
- Garrison Lane Park — about 0.4 km along the route
- The Pen Museum — 41 m from the route
- Blue Plaque: John Hardman 1811-1867 Master Metalworker and Stained Glass Maker — 19 m from the route
- Blue Plaque: Birmingham Guild of Handicraft — 73 m from the route
- William Hutton - first historian of Birmingham — 17 m from the route
- PC Malcolm Walker — 42 m from the route
- Blue Plaque: Joseph Gillott — 11 m from the route
- Victims of the Birmingham Bombs November 1974 — 135 m from the route
- Rostill Lines Monument — 78 m from the route
- North Africa War Memorial — 129 m from the route
- Merchant Navy War Memorial — 130 m from the route