5 Miles or Less, Black Country, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Dudley – Gornal

Highly varied mixed urban, suburban and exurban walk from the centre of the Black Country town of Dudley to Barrow Hill lying between the edges of the suburban villages of Pensnett and Gornal. Continue reading Dudley – Gornal

5 Miles or Less, Black Country, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Wolverhampton – Bushbury Hill

Walk from central Wolverhampton, passing through Wolverhampton’s northeastern suburbs, up and over Bushbury Hill with its views into Shropshire to near the city’s northern boundary with Staffordshire. Continue reading Wolverhampton – Bushbury Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Outwith, Uncategorized, Walks, Welsh Marches

Peterchurch – Hay-on-Wye

Walk from the Herefordshire village of Peterchurch in the Golden Valley, over uplands adjacent to the Black Mountains, and down to Hay-on-Wye in Powys, famed as the original “book town” and home of the annual Hay Festival. Continue reading Peterchurch – Hay-on-Wye

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Craven Arms – Bishop’s Castle

Walk from Craven Arms Railway Station through the hilly south Shropshire countryside to Bishop’s Castle, a very remote, but lively and bustling historic market town. Continue reading Craven Arms – Bishop’s Castle

10 - 15 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Welsh Marches, Worcestershire

Worcester – Great Malvern

Walk from the heart of Worcester across the River Severn and River Teme to Great Malvern, before crossing the rural Severn Vale. Continue reading Worcester – Great Malvern

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Shropshire, Walks

Chirbury – Montgomery

Walk from Chirbury in the far west of Shropshire, across the Vale of Montgomery, over the Offa’s Dyke National Trail and into Wales to Montgomery the former county town of Montgomeryshire. Continue reading Chirbury – Montgomery

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Outwith, Peak District, Staffordshire, Uncategorized, Walks

Rushton Spencer – Flash

Walk to Lud’s Church in the Staffordshire Peak District from Rushton Spencer to Flash, Britian’s highest village, along the River Dane valley. Continue reading Rushton Spencer – Flash

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Trent Basin, Walks, Warwickshire, West Midlands

Coleshill – Meriden

Walk from Coleshill, a north Warwickshire market town via Maxstoke, site of impressive unusually well preserved medieval priory remains, to Meriden starts from Coleshill Parkway Station. Continue reading Coleshill – Meriden

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Warwickshire

Rugby – Lutterworth

Walk from Rugby to Lutterworth famed for its connections via St. Mary’s church to the 14th Century radical theologian John Wycliffe (father of Lollardism), and its rare, well preserved late medieval doom painting. Continue reading Rugby – Lutterworth

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, History and Heritage, Severn Basin, Walks, Welsh Marches

Kington – Almeley

Walk from Kington in nothern Herefordshire south across gently hilly countryside to Almeley, the home village of John Oldcastle, early 15th Century war hero, rebel baron and Lollard heretic imortalised as Shakespeare’s Falstaff. Continue reading Kington – Almeley