Walk across fields from the village of Minsterley to little Snailbeach nestled beneath Stiperstones, once Shropshire’s lead mining capital, and today, home to a brilliantly preserved set of mine ruins. Continue reading Minsterley – Snailbeach
This walk from Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre, through the peri-urban fringe of the north Staffordshire Potteries conurbation, goes to little Keele University’s vast, parkland campus. Continue reading Newcastle under Lyme – Keele University
Walk in rural Warwickshire from Lower Tysoe up and along Edge Hill the northeastern most part of the Cotswold escarpment and down to Kineton across the site of October 1642’s Battle of Edgehill. Continue reading Middle Tysoe – Kineton
Circular walk from Market Harborough Railway Station across and around the upland limestone plateau in Northamptonshire where the Battle of Naseby occured in June 1645, ending Charles I’s hopes of winning the 17th Century Civil Wars. Continue reading Market Harborough – Naseby
Walk along the most dramatic part of the Stiperstone ridge in the western part of the Shropshire Hills from Minsterley north of the ridge, to Stiperstones village west of the ridge itself. Continue reading Minsterley – Stiperstones
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. Continue reading Hope – Edale
Rural walk between the villages of Honeybourne to the National Trust’s Hidcote Manor famous for its arts and crafts gardens on the north western most fringes of the Cotswolds National Landscape. Continue reading Honeybourne – Hidcote
Walk from Barnt Green to Frankley taking in some of the most dramatic stretches of the Midlands Watershed escarpment, including the Lickey and Waseley Hills dividing the city of Birmingham from Worcestershire. Continue reading Barnt Green – Frankley
Walk from the heart of Worcester across the River Severn and through fields beside the River Teme where 1651’s Battle of Worcester was fought to the village of Powick and its historic old bridge. Continue reading Worcester – Powick
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the course of the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bidford-on-Avon a deeply historic little town and crossing place over the river. Continue reading Stratford upon Avon – Bidford on Avon
