Alvechurch – Earlswood
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
Category: Canals and Rivers
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
Old Hill – Parkhead
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
Long Eaton – Shardlow
Easy going walk mostly along the banks of the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the boundary between Derbyshire and Leicestershire, ending at the historic, well preserved, canal village of Shardlow. Continue reading Long Eaton – Shardlow
New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Towpath walk in the fringes of the Peak District. Follows the lower reaches of the Peak Forest Canal in Derbyshire from New Mills to its terminus at Bugsworth Basin. Continue reading New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Kidderminster – Stourport on Severn
Walk from Kidderminster Railway Station, primarily along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal towpath, to the 18th Century “inland port” of Stourbridge on Severn where the canal converges with the River Severn. Continue reading Kidderminster – Stourport on Severn
Wolverhampton – Moseley Old Hall
Walk from central Wolverhampton to the National Trust’s Moseley Old Hall, passing through Wolverhampton’s northeastern suburbs, crossing Bushbury Hill, and heading out into the countryside. Continue reading Wolverhampton – Moseley Old Hall
Dorridge – Packwood House
Countryside walk from Dorridge partly along the Grand Union Canal towpath to Packwood House, the quintessential, and utterly conflected, Tudor looking country house. Rightly famed for its yew trees. Continue reading Dorridge – Packwood House
Berkswell – Solihull
Rural and suburban walk west across the Meridan Gap from Berkswell to Solihull town centre in the eastern part of West Midlands county. Continue reading Berkswell – Solihull
Halesowen – Wednesbury
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