Walk partially along the Pennine Way from Hadfield in Derbyshire at the foot of Longdendale up and over the Black Hill, West Yorkshire’s highest point, to the Holme Valley, and Holmfirth its famous main town. Continue reading Hadfield – Holmfirth
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
Walk across western central Derbyshire, partly rural, partly urban, it traverses one of the world’s oldest industrial regions, following the route of the old Cromford Canal closed in 1944. Continue reading Ambergate – Butterley
Walk across western central Derbyshire, partly rural, partly urban, it traverses one of the world’s oldest industrial regions, following the route of the old Cromford Canal closed in 1944. Continue reading Ambergate – Langley Mill
Walk from Church Stretton Railway Station, up to Long Mynd plateau then across the north east of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape to Pontesbury, an unlikely seeming former colliery village. Continue reading Church Stretton – Pontesbury
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
Walk from Halesowen on the south western edge of the Black Country to Wednesbury near its heart. Walk goes along canal towpaths, up and over Turner’s Hill and through the centre of Oldbury. Continue reading Halesowen – Wednesbury
Very varied urban, suburban and rural walk from Birmingham city centre to the heart of Halesowen town. Along the Birmingham and Worcester Canal towpath and the route of the infamous Lost Lapal Canal. Continue reading Birmingham – Halesowen
Walk in three counties across a hilly, wooded, red sandstone landscape, largely along canal towpaths, from Kidderminster to Stourbridge. Continue reading Kidderminster – Stourbridge
Walk primarily in north west Warwickshire, mostly on canal towpaths, from Water Orton Railway Station to Tamworth town centre. Continue reading Water Orton – Tamworth
