WednesburyWest Bromwich

Wedwes three
Not verified

Slow Way not verified yet. Verify Wedwes here.

By David Sanderson on 25 Jan 2022


Distance

5km/3mi

Ascent

91m

Descent

116m

Download this route

Are you sure you want to download this route?

Using a GPX file for the first time?

No, back to route

Give a hike

Pledge to walk this route and help firm up its place in the network - every walk helps.

So far it has been reviewed by two people and surveyed by zero people and

No other people have pledged to review this route.

Your pledged routes will show up in your pledges Waylist.

Every review and survey pledged and then walked will help make the Slow Ways network better, thank you for your help!

Sign up or log in to pledge to walk this route.

Back to route

Save to Waylist

Sign up or log in to save this route so you can find it more easily or plan a longer journey.

More options

Save to my account

Sign up or log in to save this route so you can find it more easily or plan a longer journey.

Print (via Inkatlas)

Survey this route

Review this route

Suggest a better route

Report a problem

Description

Corrected version of Wedwes one. Wednesbury end is mainly pavement. West Bromwich end mainly uses the greenway next to the Metro line from Black Lake to West Bromwich Central

Corrected version of Wedwes one. Wednesbury end is mainly pavement. West Bromwich end mainly uses the greenway next to the Metro line from Black Lake to West Bromwich Central

Status

This route has been reviewed by 2 people.

There are no issues flagged.

Photos for Wedwes three

Photos of this route will appear when they are added to a review. You can review this route here.


Information

Not verified

Route status - Live

Reviews - 2

Average rating -

Is this route good enough? -  Yes (2)

There are currently no problems reported with this route.

Downloads - 1

Surveys

We are working to build-up a picture of what routes look like. To do that we are asking volunteers to survey routes so that we can communicate features, obstacles and challenges that may make a route desirable or not.

Slow Ways surveyors are asked to complete some basic online training, but they are not vetted. If you are dependent on the survey information being correct in order to complete a route, we recommend that you think critically about the information provided. You may also wish to wait until more than one survey has been completed.

Help people know more about this route by volunteering to submit a survey.

  1. Complete the survey training.
  2. Submit a survey for this route.

Sign up or log in to get the link to survey this route for Wedwes.

Geography information system (GIS) data

Total length

Maximum elevation

Minimum elevation

Start and end points

Wednesbury
Grid Ref SO9854294918
Lat / Lon 52.55212° / -2.02293°
Easting / Northing 398,542E / 294,918N
What3Words flap.crust.outer
West Bromwich
Grid Ref SP0046791013
Lat / Lon 52.51702° / -1.99454°
Easting / Northing 400,467E / 291,013N
What3Words quick.axed.drips

Sorry Land Cover data is not currently available for this route. Please check back later.

reviews


Nigel Cull

11 Apr 2024 Spring

I took this route rather than Wedwes One or Two as this uses the green way next to the Metro line so much more quieter.
Starting off from Wednesbury you walk through the side streets with repair shops onto the main road before entering residential area and then a series of footpaths lead you eventually to the Metro Station at Black Lake. You follow the Metro Line along footpaths with the Trams passing you every 10 minutes for company before coming into West Bromwich.
Another good Slow Ways easy to follow.


David Sanderson

25 Jan 2022 Winter

I walked this route from Wednesbury, the first section is slightly questionable as it goes via side streets with a lot of repair garages and tyre centres. My concern is that mechanics manoeuvring vehicles, and drivers parking lorries in a street where they don't necessarily expect a pedestrian to be walking along is less safe than walking the pavement of an admittedly busier main road, there may be an alternative. That's only the very first kilometre, once you join the main road (briefly) cross the Tame Valley Canal, you turn right into a residential area. A series of footpaths lead you eventually to the Metro Station at Black Lake. From there, that's the path you take. It occasionally swaps sides but it's traffic free and the only transport passing you are the trams which run in either direction about every 10 minutes. The route runs as far as West Bromwich Central where the road level is only slightly higher than the Metro line. Apart from the horrid start, from Black Lake this is a superb slow way with lots of the hallmarks. Direct, safe, easy to follow and with lots of links to transport.


Share your views about this route, give it a star rating, indicate whether it should be verified or not.

Include information that will be useful to others considering to walk or wheel it.

You can add up to 15 photos.

Overall ratings

2 reviews


0 reviews

2 reviews

0 reviews

0 reviews

0 reviews

Show all


Other Routes for Wednesbury—West Bromwich See all Slow Ways

Wednesbury—West Bromwich

Wedwes one

Distance

5km/3mi

Ascent

41 m

Descent

69 m

Wednesbury—West Bromwich

Wedwes two

Distance

6km/4mi

Ascent

46 m

Descent

74 m

Review this better route and help establish a trusted network of walking routes.

Suggest a better route if it better meets our methodology.

See all routes from Wednesbury.

See all routes from West Bromwich.