Sandstone Trail
- 31.8mi
- Asc 894m
- Hillscore 73
Created by milemonster
For future reference or for anyone else running it note the following: - Route goes left at Greenfield Rise Road (first mile!) - Go under the bridge on Shropshire Union Canal and not to the A41. - At about 5 miles when the course goes onto the farm go right straight away and don't wander through the Farm yard
for five minutes dodging dead rats. - Running up the lane out of Bickerton it almost goes straight on at the end of the first road across the A534. - Running past Beeston Castle on your left, on the road, farm on your right then there's a ST signpost which looks as though it's pointing to continue on the road but it's not clear. The trail does go off the road and into the field towards the canal - Just before 29 miles, when on the Road, bear left onto New Pale Road. - On Manley Road it goes left after the Pylon. - Practice the bit after the War Memorial. I went completely wrong, exasperated by fatigue! It goes down around the front of the Memorial; and - Go all the way down Church Street and not into the dead end Car Park!

Hill | Starts At | Ends At | Climb (metres) | Gradient % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.0mi | 0.9mi | 115 | 8.2 |
2 | 1.2mi | 1.7mi | 43 | 5.3 |
3 | 2.6mi | 3.1mi | 50 | 6.2 |
4 | 7.2mi | 8.1mi | 66 | 4.7 |
5 | 8.4mi | 8.9mi | 35 | 4.3 |
6 | 9.3mi | 9.6mi | 18 | 4.5 |
7 | 10.4mi | 10.7mi | 11 | 2.8 |
8 | 11.8mi | 12.6mi | 18 | 1.5 |
9 | 15.0mi | 15.7mi | 56 | 5.6 |
10 | 16.0mi | 16.4mi | 32 | 5.3 |
11 | 16.5mi | 18.0mi | 80 | 3.3 |
12 | 18.1mi | 18.6mi | 42 | 5.3 |
13 | 19.6mi | 20.0mi | 28 | 4.7 |
14 | 21.4mi | 21.7mi | 44 | 7.3 |
15 | 24.0mi | 24.6mi | 25 | 2.5 |
16 | 25.6mi | 26.2mi | 20 | 2.0 |
17 | 26.8mi | 27.5mi | 22 | 2.2 |
18 | 29.6mi | 30.1mi | 11 | 1.3 |
19 | 30.2mi | 31.1mi | 21 | 1.5 |