Beeston – Ilkeston
Walk between Beeston in Nottinghamshire and Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Through the Erewash Valley mostly along the line of the abandoned Nottingham Canal and across Bennerley Viaduct. Continue reading Beeston – Ilkeston
Category: Canals and Rivers
West Bromwich – Hamstead
Walk from West Bromwich to Hamstead across the strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley Country Park via the site of the Jubilee Colliery, one of the final deep pits to operate in the Black Country. Continue reading West Bromwich – Hamstead
The Source of the River Derwent
Walk to Swains Greave the source of the River Derwent in the north of the Derbyshire Peak District. Walk begins from Glossop Railway Station and goes via Bleaklow, heading back to Hadfield Railway Station along the Longdendale Trail. Continue reading The Source of the River Derwent
Alvechurch – Earlswood
Countryside walk from Alvechurch in Earlswood through the hilly north Worcestershire landscape. walk goes via the summit of Hob Hill and Forshaw Heath source of the River Blythe. Continue reading Alvechurch – Earlswood
Stoke on Trent – Biddulph Moor
Urban and rural walk from central Stoke-on-Trent to the southern edge of the village of Biddulph Moor where Britian’s third longest river the River Trent offically begins Continue reading Stoke on Trent – Biddulph Moor
Old Hill – Parkhead
Suburban canal walk in the Black Country through lots of green spaces. Takes the Dudley No. 2 Canal towpath from Old Hill Railway Station in Rowley Regis to the Parkhead Basin near Dudley town centre. Continue reading Old Hill – Parkhead
Long Eaton – Shardlow
Easy going walk mostly along the banks of the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the boundary between Derbyshire and Leicestershire, ending at the historic, well preserved, canal village of Shardlow. Continue reading Long Eaton – Shardlow
New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Towpath walk in the fringes of the Peak District. Follows the lower reaches of the Peak Forest Canal in Derbyshire from New Mills to its terminus at Bugsworth Basin. Continue reading New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Kidderminster – Stourport on Severn
Walk from Kidderminster Railway Station, primarily along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal towpath, to the 18th Century “inland port” of Stourbridge on Severn where the canal converges with the River Severn. Continue reading Kidderminster – Stourport on Severn
Wolverhampton – Moseley Old Hall
Walk from central Wolverhampton to the National Trust’s Moseley Old Hall, passing through Wolverhampton’s northeastern suburbs, crossing Bushbury Hill, and heading out into the countryside. Continue reading Wolverhampton – Moseley Old Hall