10 - 15 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Black Country, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Walks, West Midlands, Worcestershire

Kidderminster – Stourbridge

Walk in three counties across a hilly, wooded, red sandstone landscape, largely along canal towpaths, from Kidderminster to Stourbridge. Continue reading Kidderminster – Stourbridge

10 - 15 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 – Tamworth

Walk primarily in north west Warwickshire, mostly on canal towpaths, from Water Orton Railway Station to Tamworth town centre. Continue reading Water Orton – Tamworth

10 - 15 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Walks

Stoke on Trent – Leek

Walk from Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station along the Caldon Canal all the way to Leek, a market town on the edge of the Peak District known as “the Queen of the Moorlands”. Continue reading Stoke on Trent – Leek

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Outwith, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Congleton – Kidsgrove

Countryside ridge walk between the towns of Congleton and Kidsgrove via the village of Mow Cop (home to the Old Man of Mow and Mow Cop Castle) 335 metres above sea level. Continue reading Congleton – Kidsgrove

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Ellastone – Waterhouses

Countryside walk between the village of Ellastone and Waterhouses on the eastern edge of Staffordshire. Route goes up and over the Weaver Hills. The Weaver Hills are considered the southern most point of the Pennines. Continue reading Ellastone – Waterhouses

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

Rugeley – Abbots Bromley

Varied walk across rural south east Staffordshire to Abbots Bromley, home of the highly distinctive and famous annual Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. Continue reading Rugeley – Abbots Bromley

5 - 10 Miles, Black Country, Canals and Rivers, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Walsall – Burntwood

Walk from the centre of Walsall into former mining country along the McClean Way greenway to just south of Chasewater and then along footpaths and through the village of Norton Canes to beside Chasewater and then the short distance into Burntwood. Continue reading Walsall – Burntwood

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Cheeks Hill

Walk from Buxton up into the Peak District hills and across the county boundary to Cheeks Hill the highest hill in Staffordshire at 520 metres above sea level. Continue reading Cheeks Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Buxton – Flash

From Buxton up into the Peak District Hills andacross Axe Edge Moor, to Flash, a village 463m above sea level calleded “Britian’s highest settlement”. Continue reading Buxton – Flash

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

Knypersley Reservoir

Varied urban, suburban and rural walk from Stoke-on-Trent along the Caldon Canal to the Head of Trent Valley, then up to Knypersley Reservoir. Continue reading Knypersley Reservoir