5 Miles or Less, Black Country, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Sedgley – Dudley

Walk along the road running along the crest of a high part of the Midlands Watershed Ridge in the Black Country from Sedgley in the north of Dudley Borough into the heart of Dudley town centre. Continue reading Sedgley – Dudley

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Black Country, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Goldthorn Park – Sedgley

Walk in the Black Country from Goldthorn Park on the southwestern edge of Wolverahmpton up to the top of Sedgley Beacon (the tallest hill in West Midlands county outside the Rowley Hills) and down to Sedgley town centre. Continue reading Goldthorn Park – Sedgley

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

Bartley Green – Frankley

Walk from Bartley Green to Frankley via the summit of Frankley Beeches. Continue reading Bartley Green – Frankley

5 - 10 Miles, Black Country, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Tame Bridge – Aldridge

Walk from Tame Bridge to Aldridge via Barr Beacon the tallest hill in northern West Midlands county and a local nature reserve, starting from Tame Bridge Parkway. Continue reading Tame Bridge – Aldridge

5 - 10 Miles, Black Country, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, West Midlands, Worcestershire

Halesowen – Hagley

Walk from Halesowen to Hagley via the Clent Hills, St. Kenelm’s Pass and Clent village begining from the Mucklow Hill bus stop beside the entrance to Leasowes Park. Continue reading Halesowen – Hagley

5 Miles or Less, Black Country, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Dudley – Gornal

Highly varied mixed urban, suburban and exurban walk from the centre of the Black Country town of Dudley to Barrow Hill lying between the edges of the suburban villages of Pensnett and Gornal. Continue reading Dudley – Gornal

5 Miles or Less, Black Country, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Wolverhampton – Bushbury Hill

Walk from central Wolverhampton, passing through Wolverhampton’s northeastern suburbs, up and over Bushbury Hill with its views into Shropshire to near the city’s northern boundary with Staffordshire. Continue reading Wolverhampton – Bushbury Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Outwith, Uncategorized, Walks, Welsh Marches

Peterchurch – Hay-on-Wye

Walk from the Herefordshire village of Peterchurch in the Golden Valley, over uplands adjacent to the Black Mountains, and down to Hay-on-Wye in Powys, famed as the original “book town” and home of the annual Hay Festival. Continue reading Peterchurch – Hay-on-Wye

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Trent Basin, Walks, Warwickshire, West Midlands

Coleshill – Meriden

Walk from Coleshill, a north Warwickshire market town via Maxstoke, site of impressive unusually well preserved medieval priory remains, to Meriden starts from Coleshill Parkway Station. Continue reading Coleshill – Meriden

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Warwickshire

Rugby – Lutterworth

Walk from Rugby to Lutterworth famed for its connections via St. Mary’s church to the 14th Century radical theologian John Wycliffe (father of Lollardism), and its rare, well preserved late medieval doom painting. Continue reading Rugby – Lutterworth