A wide ranaging selection of walks from the Walk Midlands collection showing how to get by foot and public transport to historic sites and attractions across the English Midlands region. There is a historical day out, where yu can really feel the past come to life, for everybody. Continue reading History and Heritage Days Out on Foot
On Saturday 10th June I am delivering a free walking tour of Selly Oak’s radical history. Find out more. Continue reading Event: “Squats, Street Theatre and Sprints into Staffordshire: A walking tour of Selly Oak’s radical history” Sat 10th June 2023 (10:00 – 12:00)
12 walks across the English Midlands celebrating the first year of the website Walk Midlands a guide to day walks in the English Midlands accessible without a car, for walkers interested in all aspects of the region’s people, landscape and history being published. Continue reading Walks for May Bank Holidays
All about Middleton Top, a working steam engine that once powered an incine plane in Derbyshire. An incredible survival form the earliest days of railways which worked until 1963 with amazing views across the white peak landscape. Continue reading Middleton Top
All about the Wyrely and Essington Canal. A famously meandering former industrial waterway north east of Walsall and Wolverhmpton nicknamed the curly whirly. Continue reading Wyrley and Essington Canal
12 walks across the English Midlands celebrating the first year of the website Walk Midlands a guide to day walks in the English Midlands accessible without a car, for walkers interested in all aspects of the region’s people, landscape and history being published. Continue reading 12 Months of Walk Midlands
“The Art Schools of the West Midlands” is a historical research inspired exhibition by John Beck and Matthew Cornford on at the New Art Gallery Walsall until 2nd July 2023 which maps and explores the lives and afterlives of the western Midlands civic art schools. Continue reading Review: The Art Schools of the West Midlands
Compton Verney’s Old Town Meadow. A gently hilly field in Warwickshire with a fascinating past, an enaging present and a bright future Continue reading Compton Verney’s Old Town Meadow
Walks from the Walk Midlands collection that show how to reach days out and attractions across the Midlands on public and transport and foot without a car. Continue reading Days Out Without A Car in the English Midlands
An exploration of Matlock Bath, a fascinating little resort town in a limestone dale on the edge of the Peak District, that is the perfect traditional seaside resort just 60 miles from the sea… Continue reading Matlock Bath
