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Mainly canal towpath, park and pavement. Route via Digbeth to Grand Union Canal (Bordesley, Small Heath and Acocks Green) then Sheldon Country Park to NEC. Multiple transport links (railway and buses throughout with trams at Birmingham end)

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Birmingham
Grid Ref	SP0692386533
Lat / Lon	52.47670^° / -1.89950^°
Easting / Northing	406,923E / 286,533N
What3Words	bumps.report.covers

National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
Grid Ref	SP 19383 84094
Lat / Lon	52.45446^° / -1.71620^°
Easting / Northing	419,382E / 284,093N
What3Words	horses.traded.dollar

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David Sanderson

03 Jan 2024 Winter

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I started from the NEC. The route through the building requires following signs as the stairs, escalators and corridors of the "Skyway" doesn't really lend itself to OS maps. Having left the building at the railway station/ airport the route was pretty simple to follow from there. The footpath just south of Marston Green was flooded, but could be waded. North of Marston Green is the end of the airport runway. When I went past, locals were sat and stood watching arrivals and departures! A mixture of country parks and recs deliver you into Birmingham and it's just south of Yardley Cemetery where you join the canal towpath. The towpath offered the first views of downtown and the miles soon slipped by. Digbeth High Street was a ready supply of refreshment options en route to the meeting place by New Street Station. This route is safe, easy and as direct as you can be, having to go around the airport. There are multiple refreshment stops and good links to public transport throughout. There are steps at the NEC end.

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