5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Walks, Worcestershire

Colwall – Great Malvern

Walk from Colwall Railway Station up and along the Malvern Hills range to the Worcestershire Beacon and down via St. Anne’s Well to central Great Malvern. Continue reading Colwall – Great Malvern

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 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Ellastone – Waterhouses

Countryside walk between the village of Ellastone and Waterhouses on the eastern edge of Staffordshire. Route goes up and over the Weaver Hills. The Weaver Hills are considered the southern most point of the Pennines. Continue reading Ellastone – Waterhouses

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Northamptonshire, Walks

Kings Sutton – Brackley

Walk in the southwestern most corner of Northamptonshire from Kings Sutton Railway Station to Brackley, a market town with a Cotswolds feel, which perhaps unsurprisingly is home to the only “offical” Cotswolds Morris side in the eastern Midlands. Continue reading Kings Sutton – Brackley

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, 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, 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 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Church Stretton – Acton Scott

Walk in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from Church Stretton Railway Station to Acton Scott site of the Acton Scott living farming history museum, which it is hoped will reopen in spring 2024 under new management. Continue reading Church Stretton – Acton Scott

15 Miles or More, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Outwith, Peak District, Walks

Hadfield – Penistone

Walk right across the Peak District National Park from Hadfield the most northerly town in the Midlands, to Penistone in South Yorkshire. using the Trans Pennine Trail which takes the course of the old Woodhead Railway Line between Manchester and Sheffield. Continue reading Hadfield – Penistone

15 Miles or More, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, Nene Basin, Northamptonshire, Walks, Welland Basin

Market Harborough – Northampton

Walk through the rolling hills of the south east Midlands from Market Harborough to Northampton all the Brampton Valley Way, a former railway line, and now one of the longest ex-trackbed multipurpose paths in the UK. Continue reading Market Harborough – Northampton