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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rugeley and Lichfield.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Rugeley and Lichfield.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 6
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Rugeley
Grid Ref
SK0442917971
Lat / Lon
52.75935° / -1.93580°
Easting / Northing
404,429E / 317,971N
What3Words
units.rots.asks
Lichfield
Grid Ref
SK1186909179
Lat / Lon
52.68020° / -1.82587°
Easting / Northing
411,869E / 309,179N
What3Words
slug.gallons.career
Ruglic One's land is
| Rugeley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0442917971 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.75935° / -1.93580° |
| Easting / Northing | 404,429E / 317,971N |
| What3Words | units.rots.asks |
| Lichfield | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK1186909179 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.68020° / -1.82587° |
| Easting / Northing | 411,869E / 309,179N |
| What3Words | slug.gallons.career |
| Arable | 25.8% |
| Pasture | 35.5% |
| Urban | 38.7% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
David Sanderson
16 May 2021I did this walk from Lichfield to Rugeley. It's a generally safe and pleasant walk and is well drawn but there are too many problems with it for me to recommend it.
1 I had to divert off it twice. Bishops Walk is temporarily closed in Lichfield (this should only be a problem until early June 2021) and more importantly a section of the walk at Armitage takes you along a footpath (marked on the OS map between SK 0804 1626 and SK 0837 1623) on the non-towpath side at the back of the Armitage Shanks factory which no longer exists and is impassable
2 It was most certainly not direct. It inexplicably follows a dog leg via two sides of a right angled triangle at Longdon Green which is a minor annoyance compared to the section between Armitage and Rugeley. There, having joined the Trent and Mersey Canal which would take you straight to the destination via a very pleasant walk, instead it diverts off across the River Trent through frequently flooded fields to outskirts of the village of Mavesyn Ridware (via a cattle farm but no shops). The route then took me around Rugeley across field then via a sharp ascent up what appeared to be an old slag heap (mining was once the main industry) and brought me into the far side of Rugeley (from Lichfield). I suspect the intention of this was to deliver the walker to Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station. Crossing a few busy A roads to get to the canal I found myself walking down the Trent and Mersey (in the direction of Lichfield!) to get to the meeting point.
3 It appeared to be designed to avoid amenities. In the nearly 18km between Lichfield and Rugeley I passed within 100m of one supermarket and walked past one fish and chip shop and one pub (all in Handsacre). Please use Ruglic Two.
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