5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Walks

Cheddleton – Leek

Walk from Cheddleton along the Caldon Canal to Leek, a market town on the edge of the Peak District known as “the Queen of the Moorlands”. Continue reading Cheddleton – Leek

15 Miles or More, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Ashbourne – Hartington

Walk from the Derbyshire market town of Ashbourne to the pictureaque Peak District of Hartington following the River Dove north along the spectacularly beautiful sometimes sublime Dovedale gorges. Continue reading Ashbourne – Hartington

10 - 15 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, National Forest, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Tamworth – Netherseal

Walk through the West and East Midlands borderlands between the Staffordshire town of Tamworth and Netherseal perportedly Derbyshire’s most southerly village. Takes in 3 (nearly 4…) and much surprisingly hilly countryside. Continue reading Tamworth – Netherseal

5 - 10 Miles, Birmingham, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, Warwickshire, West Midlands

Water Orton – Fazeley

Walk primarily in north west Warwickshire, mostly on canal towpaths, from Water Orton Railway Station to Fazeley where the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal converges with the Coventry Canal. Continue reading Water Orton – Fazeley

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Walks

Penkridge – Stafford

Walk across the Staffordshire countryside from Penkridge to Stafford town centre via the site of the ruined neo-gothic manor on the site of Stafford’s medieval castle. Continue reading Penkridge – Stafford

5 Miles or Less, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Rocester – Alton

This Staffordshire walk from Rocester, home of JCB, to the village of Alton in the heart of the River Churnet Valley. Home to Alton Castle and Alton Towers alike. Continue reading Rocester – Alton

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Hartington – Warslow

This walk in the limestone countryside of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District is between the villages of Hartington and Warslow via the River Dove and Ecton Hill site of 3,500 years of copper mining. Continue reading Hartington – Warslow

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Newcastle under Lyme – Keele University

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

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Rocester – Oakamoor

This Staffordshire walk from Rocester, home of JCB, to the little village of Oakamoor in the heart of the River Churnet Valley, primarily follows the course of the long lost Uttoxeter branch of the Caldon Canal. Continue reading Rocester – Oakamoor

10 - 15 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks

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