5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Outwith, Severn Basin, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Kidsgrove – Biddulph Grange

Walk from Kidsgrove to the unique Grade One listed Biddulph Grange garden and country park via Mow Cop and Biddulph town centre. Continue reading Kidsgrove – Biddulph Grange

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, 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

10 - 15 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Outwith, Peak District, Trent Basin, Walks

Bamford – Upper Padley

Walk from Bamford to Upper Padley in the Derbyshire Peak District along the gritstone edges, including Stanage Edge and Burbage Edge marking the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Continue reading Bamford – Upper Padley

Kidsgrove – Biddulph

Walk from Kidsgrove to Biddulph via Mow Cop the village in two counties (Staffordshire and Cheshire) that stands high up on a gritstone ridge overlooked by the famed Mow Cop Castle folly. Continue reading Kidsgrove – Biddulph

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

Ashchurch – Pershore

Walk from Ashchurch near Tewkesbury up and over Bredon Hill, a dramatic outlying northwestern limb of the Cotswolds in southern Worcestershire, to the historic town of Pershore on the River Avon plain. Continue reading Ashchurch – Pershore

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, National Landscapes (AONBs), Outwith, Severn Basin, Walks, Warwickshire

Shipston on Stour – Great Rollright

Walk across the Warwickshire Cotswolds from Shipston-upon-Stour via Cherington and Whichford. Ends at Great Rollright in Oxfordshire famed for its proximity to the Rollright Stones. Continue reading Shipston on Stour – Great Rollright

10 - 15 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, National Landscapes (AONBs), Outwith, Severn Basin, Walks, Warwickshire

Stratford-upon-Avon – Mickleton

Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the Cotswolds escarpment. Continue reading Stratford-upon-Avon – Mickleton

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

Moreton in Marsh – Broadway

Walk from Moreton in Marsh in northermost Gloucestershire, across the northwest Cotswolds to Broadway Hill in Worcestershire, which stands above the picturesque eponymous village of Broadway Continue reading Moreton in Marsh – Broadway

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Outwith, Walks, Warwickshire

Hook Norton – Long Compton

Walk from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire to Long Compton in Warwickshire’s north Cotswolds. The route takes you on foot via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths collectively called the Rollright Stones. Continue reading Hook Norton – Long Compton