Description
Follow quiet side roads from Aldridge through a couple of alley ways before joining the main road. Past the Hardwick Arms use quiet side roads to reach Sutton Park crossing by the golf club. Follow the paths through the park to Town Gate then up the hill to the town hall
Follow quiet side roads from Aldridge through a couple of alley ways before joining the main road. Past the Hardwick Arms use quiet side roads to reach Sutton Park crossing by the golf club. Follow the paths through the park to Town Gate then up the hill to the town hall
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (4)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Aldridge
Grid Ref
SK0597600705
Lat / Lon
52.60411° / -1.91319°
Easting / Northing
405,976E / 300,705N
What3Words
outer.dive.rings
Sutton Coldfield
Grid Ref
SP1198996469
Lat / Lon
52.56594° / -1.82455°
Easting / Northing
411,989E / 296,469N
What3Words
slice.tamed.goals
| Aldridge | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0597600705 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.60411° / -1.91319° |
| Easting / Northing | 405,976E / 300,705N |
| What3Words | outer.dive.rings |
| Sutton Coldfield | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP1198996469 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.56594° / -1.82455° |
| Easting / Northing | 411,989E / 296,469N |
| What3Words | slice.tamed.goals |
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reviews
Paul McGill
28 Mar 2022An easy to follow and enjoyable route both ways with Sutton Park being the highlight.
Nigel Cull
18 Feb 2022Quieter alternative route
Needs more navigation than Aldsut one and easy to miss turn in Sutton park care needed by Golf course
Still a worthy Slow Way.
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David Sanderson
19 Sep 2021I started this route from Sutton Coldfield. The first section across Sutton Park is delightful and very easy to follow. Fairly late on the route takes a turn to the left which is really easy to miss. I know this because I managed to miss it the first time I walked a Slow Way across this park. The route is definitely quieter but takes some navigating and comes down the side of the golf course which frequently requires an interaction with the golfers. Crossing into residential streets of Streetly I managed to miss my turn but was aware within 50 metres, of my mistake. The route snakes its way through quiet suburban neighbourhood streets before coming out on to the main, Hardwick Road. Where it meets Chester Road there is a pub, shops, restaurant and takeaway. The next section, Bourne Vale is a 40mph main road past Streetly Cemetery and a couple of sports grounds. The pavement is wide enough to feel thoroughly safe. At the end it turns right into Erdington Road which takes you to the edge of Aldridge. The last section was the least enjoyable. You are directed up an alleyway which takes you up a hill and along a road to a spot where.... you are a few metres away from the road you would have been on had you just gone straight on. There are a few more left and up and left and up sections to bring you on to Whetstone Lane. The chance to see the very pretty St Mary of the Angels Church is possibly the one reward for the extra climbs and map reading. The walk across the big green to the meeting place was nice too. A good walk, maybe I might have appreciated it more had it not been a quiet Saturday morning (the roads were not busy) and if I had walked it in the opposite direction. It loses a point for making the walk less direct and harder to follow. Safe, beautiful, well served and for at least half of it, offroad. A worthy Slow Way.
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Mr Tippy
02 May 2021From Aldridge walk through the park and quiet back roads to join the main road. This road and the road past Bourne Vale are both fairly busy but there is a footpath all the way. Past the Hardwick Arms pub the route takes back roads to Sutton Park.
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