Frankley – Halesowen
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
Category: Countryside Rambles
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
Duffield – Kedleston Hall
Walk in the mid-Derbyshire countryside from Duffield Railway Station to the National Trust’s Kedleston Hall. Continue reading Duffield – Kedleston Hall
Bromyard – Brockhampton
Walk from the bus stop in Bromyard town centre to the National Trust’s Brockhampton estate, hidden within which stands the moated, timbered late medieval Lower Brockhampton house and its orchards. Continue reading Bromyard – Brockhampton
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
Coventry – Berkswell
Urban, suburban, then rural walk, skirting some of Coventry’s interesting historic common land and ending up at Berkswell and overtly picturesque village in Solihull’s Meridan Gap. Continue reading Coventry – Berkswell
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
Kingswood – Warwick
Walk across the Warwickshire countryside along the Grand Union Canal towpath, between Kingswood just inside Warwickshire’s county boundaries and the county town of Warwick with it’s famous castle. Continue reading Kingswood – Warwick