Walk from central Birmingham to the historic suburb of Kings Norton, whose village green was the site of the Battle of Kings Norton in October 1642. Walk is mostly along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Continue reading Birmingham – Kings Norton
Walk from Birmingham city centre, along the Digbeth section of the Grand Union Canal, to the Camp Hill traffic island. The site of the earthwork where Birmingham townspeople defended their town from a Royalist Army during the Civil Wars in April 1643. Continue reading Birmingham – Camp Hill
Walk from Coventry’s outer-suburbs, across a lot of green space, including the valley of the River Stour, into Coventry’s ancient urban heart. Continue reading Binley – Coventry
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
Short walk between the Black Country towns of Coseley and Wednesbury primarily along the Bradley Arm Canal, an inland waterway which is partially preserved, partially subject to ongoing restoration efforts. Continue reading Coseley – Wednesbury
Walk from West Bromwich to Hamstead across the strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley Country Park via the site of the Jubilee Colliery, one of the final deep pits to operate in the Black Country. Continue reading West Bromwich – Hamstead
Countryside walk from Alvechurch in Earlswood through the hilly north Worcestershire landscape. walk goes via the summit of Hob Hill and Forshaw Heath source of the River Blythe. Continue reading Alvechurch – Earlswood
This primarily rural walk from Wythall in north Worcestershire to Longbridge in south Birmingham goes via the Wast Hills and the source of the River Cole between the hamlets of Forhill and Red Hill. Continue reading Wythall – Longbridge
Mostly countryside walk from Frankley via the Waseley Hills and St. Kenlem’s Church near the Clent Hills which is the source of the River Stour into Halesowen. Continue reading Frankley – Halesowen
Suburban canal walk in the Black Country through lots of green spaces. Takes the Dudley No. 2 Canal towpath from Old Hill Railway Station in Rowley Regis to the Parkhead Basin near Dudley town centre. Continue reading Old Hill – Parkhead
