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
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
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
Walk from the heart of Worcester across the River Severn and through fields beside the River Teme where 1651’s Battle of Worcester was fought to the village of Powick and its historic old bridge. Continue reading Worcester – Powick
Short urban waterways walk along the Nottingham and Beeston Canal from the edge of Nottingham city centre to the River Trent and the Trent Bridge to West Bridgford. Continue reading Nottingham – West Bridgford
Varied urban, suburban and rural walk from central Telford to Ironbridge home of 1781’s iconic pathbreaking Iron Bridge right at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading Telford – Ironbridge
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 – Langley Mill
Short walk between the Black Country towns of Coseley and Wednesbury primarily along the Bradley Arm Canal, an inland waterway which is partially preserved, partially subject to ongoing restoration efforts. Continue reading Coseley – Wednesbury
Walk between Beeston in Nottinghamshire and Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Through the Erewash Valley mostly along the line of the abandoned Nottingham Canal and across Bennerley Viaduct. Continue reading Beeston – Ilkeston
Walk from West Bromwich to Hamstead across the strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley Country Park via the site of the Jubilee Colliery, one of the final deep pits to operate in the Black Country. Continue reading West Bromwich – Hamstead
