5 Miles or Less, Birmingham, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands, Worcestershire

Barnt Green – Rubery

Walk right along the Lickey Hills ridge dividing Birmingham and the West Midlands from Worcestershire. Walk starts at Barnt Green Railway Station and ends on Rubery High Street. Continue reading Barnt Green – Rubery

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

Ashbourne – Tissington

Walk north along the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne, the gateway to the southern Peak District, to the village of Tissington, supposedly the original home of the White Peak’s well dressing tradition. Continue reading Ashbourne – Tissington

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Birmingham, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Booth’s Farm Ruins

All about the Perry Barr coiners. A group of forgers and fraudsters in the Birmingham and Black Country area a little bit like David Hartley’s Cragg Vale coiners. They were led by William Booth a farmer from Perry Barr. Continue reading Booth’s Farm Ruins

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 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Nottinghamshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Hemlock Stone

Suburban walk to see the enigmatic Hemlock Stone. A 8.5 metre tall, sandstone column which has been a local landmark and place of myth and ritual for millenia. Continue reading Hemlock Stone

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Worcestershire

Bromsgrove Railway Station – Avoncroft Museum

How to get to Avoncroft Museum on foot starting at Bromsgrove Railway Station. The walk takes a little over half an hour and is mostly along flat, paved paths. Continue reading Bromsgrove Railway Station – Avoncroft Museum

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

Whatstandwell – Crich Tramway Village

Short walk, just over a mile, mostly on footpaths, uphill from Whatstandwell Railway Station on the Derwent Valley line to Crich Tramway Village. Making for the easiest way of getting to the National Tramway Museum without a car. Continue reading Whatstandwell – Crich Tramway Village

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Welsh Marches

Telford – Blists Hill

Urban and suburban walk taking around ninety minuites to complete from central Telford to Blists Hill living history museum on the edge of the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading Telford – Blists Hill

5 Miles or Less, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Industrial Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, National Forest, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Bardon Hill

Walk to the top of Bardon Hill the tallest hill in Leicestershire rightly famous for commanding views across the Midlands region. Continue reading Bardon Hill

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

Bakewell – Chatsworth House

Short walk across the Peak District countryside from the market town of Bakewell to Chatsworth House and parkland – the inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s country home Pemberley? Continue reading Bakewell – Chatsworth House