2023 has been another wildly successful year for Walk Midlands. Thanks in no small part to everybody out there who has been subscribing and searching for day walks in the English Midlands accessible without a car, for walkers interested in all aspects of the region’s people, landscape and history.
Walks on the website have been accessed over 20,000 times over the course of the year. The list below are the 10 most viewed walks on the website over the course of the year, each accessed hundreds of times, arranged from the tenth to the first most popular.
Viewed as a set what stands out is the walk’s breadth and diversity. From short towpath strolls to day-long rambles. Remote rural walks, small town adventures and wanders through buzzing metropolitan counties. Walks in the Midlands focused on nature, as well the past (both distant and pretty contemporary) and incredibly exciting things in the centre of England happening right now. North and south, east and west.
Stay tuned for part two of this short series sharing Walk Midlands most viewed walks published during 2023…
No. 10
Castlemorton Common
Predominantly rural walk from Great Malvern to Colwall via Castlemorton Common. An unusually large surviving fragement of common land in the shadow of the Malvern Hills which hosted Britian’s largest ever free party between 22nd and 29th May 1992. (find out more)
No. 9
Stourbridge – Kinver
Walk from Stourbridge in the Black Country along canal towpaths and across fields to the small town of Kinver at the southern most tip of Staffordshire, famous for Kinver Edge and the Kinver rock houses. (find out more)
No. 8
Wychbury Hill
Walk across the wild, mysterious and beautiful Wychbury Hill. Which marks the modern boundary between the Black Country and Worcestershire, possesses deep significance as a local landmark, and has connections with several strange occurances. (find out more)
No. 7
Droitwich Spa – Worcester
Walk along the Droitwich Canal to where it joins the River Severn, then along the banks of the River Severn into the cathedral city of Worcester. (find out more)
No. 6
Ambergate – Cromford
Walk in the fringes of Derbyshire’s White Peak along a preserved section of the Cromford Canal from Ambergate Station up to Cromford. Cromford – played a pivotal role in the birth of the factory system – sits at the top of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. (find out more)
No. 5
Turner’s Hill
A walk up and over Turner’s Hill in the Rowley Hills, the highest point in West Midlands county. (find out more)
No. 4
The Crooked House, Himley
Highly varied mixed urban, suburban and exurban walk from the centre of the Black Country town of Dudley to the famous slanted, Crooked House pub on the edge of the village of Himley. (find out more)
No. 3
The Lost Lapal Canal
A varried suburban and rural walk between Selly Oak in Birmingham and Halesowen in the Black Country along the route of the long closed Lapal Canal. Including the site of the ill-fated Lapal Canal Tunnel and the sites of the ruined Weoley Manor and Halesowen Abbey. (find out more)
No. 2
New Mills – Marple
Canal towpath walk from New Mills in the foothills of the Peak District, along the Peak Forest Canal to the town of Marple just inside Great Manchester. With optional extension to the spectacular Marple Aqueduct. (find out more)
No. 1
Ledbury – Malvern
Walk from the eastern Herefordshire market town of Ledbury to Great Malvern via Eastnor Castle and along the Malvern Hill’s ridge taking in highlights of the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including British Camp Hill Fort, the Worcestershire Beacon and Saint Anne’s Well. (find out more)
