In 2025 more than 40,000 people have accessed Walk Midlands routes. The Walk Midlands Newsletter now has over 600 subscribers receiving it each month, the new format adopted at the start of 2025 allowing for a wider range of in-depth feature content to be shared with subscribers each month.
Initially inadvertently, then with purpose, 2025 has proven to be the first year that Walk Midlands has adopted a theme for the year. This year was all about borders and boundary lands, exploring and tracing the edges of the region. The places where the Midlands gradually meets other parts of the UK in the Cotswolds, Welsh Marches, Peak District and other less well known, but still fascinating places. Time will tell where new walks in 2026, Walk Midlands fourth full year, will be orientated…
No. 10
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. 9
Hope – Edale
Walk in the Peak District from Hope Railway Station along the famous Great Ridge via Lose Hill, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor. Then along Rushup Edge and down to Edale where the Pennine Way begins. (find out more)
No. 8
Willington Power Station
Short circular walk starting and ending at Willington Railway Station heading out to the site of the former Willington Power Station with its five distinctive cooling towers.(find out more)
No. 7
Colwall – Great Malvern
Walk from Colwall Railway Station up and along the Malvern Hills range to the Worcestershire Beacon and then down via St. Anne’s Well to the centre of Great Malvern. (find out more)
No. 6
Ashbourne – Tissington
Walk north along the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne, the gateway to the southern Peak District, to the village of Tissington, supposedly the original home of the White Peak’s well dressing tradition. (find out more)
No. 5
Bardon Hill
Walk to the top of Bardon Hill the tallest hill in Leicestershire rightly famous for commanding views across the Midlands region.(find out more)
No. 4
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. 3
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. 2
Hope – Castleton
Short walk in the Peak District from Hope Railway Station to the rightly popular central Peak District village of Castleton and onwards to the Hope Valley’s famous showcaves and Winnats Pass. (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)