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 – Butterley
Category: Industrial Heritage
Edale – Castleton
Peak District walk from Edale to Castleton via Hollins Cross on the Great Ridge and the Odin Mine beneath Mam Tor begins from Edale Railway Station. Continue reading Edale – Castleton
Hartington – Warslow
This walk in the limestone countryside of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District is between the villages of Hartington and Warslow via the River Dove and Ecton Hill site of 3,500 years of copper mining. Continue reading Hartington – Warslow
Great Malvern – Colwall
Walk from Great Malvern to Colwall up and along the Malvern Hills Ridge via the the Gold Mine just north of Wyche Cutting below the Worcestershire Beacon. Continue reading Great Malvern – Colwall
Minsterley – Snailbeach
Walk across fields from the village of Minsterley to little Snailbeach nestled beneath Stiperstones, once Shropshire’s lead mining capital, and today, home to a brilliantly preserved set of mine ruins. Continue reading Minsterley – Snailbeach
Birmingham – University of Birmingham
Walk from central Birmingham to the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston, mostly along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Walk goes to the Barber Institute. Continue reading Birmingham – University of Birmingham
Birmingham – Kings Norton
Walk from central Birmingham to the historic suburb of Kings Norton, whose village green was the site of the Battle of Kings Norton in October 1642. Walk is mostly along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Continue reading Birmingham – Kings Norton
Binley – Coventry
Walk from Coventry’s outer-suburbs, across a lot of green space, including the valley of the River Stour, into Coventry’s ancient urban heart. Continue reading Binley – Coventry
Minsterley – Stiperstones
Walk along the most dramatic part of the Stiperstone ridge in the western part of the Shropshire Hills from Minsterley north of the ridge, to Stiperstones village west of the ridge itself. Continue reading Minsterley – Stiperstones
Barnt Green – Frankley
Walk from Barnt Green to Frankley taking in some of the most dramatic stretches of the Midlands Watershed escarpment, including the Lickey and Waseley Hills dividing the city of Birmingham from Worcestershire. Continue reading Barnt Green – Frankley