5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Peak District, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

New Mills – Chapel en le Frith

Valley floor walk in the fringes of the Peak District. Initially along the famously beautiful Peak Forest Canal, then tracing the route of the pioneering Peak Forest Tramway. Continue reading New Mills – Chapel en le Frith

5 Miles or Less, Black Country, Canals and Rivers, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Coseley – Bradley

Short Black Country walk between Coseley and Bradley primarily along the Bradley Arm Canal, a green and often beautiful canal backwater. Continue reading Coseley – Bradley

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Nottinghamshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Bennerley Viaduct

Walk to see and cross the world renown 443 metre long Bennerley Viaduct spanning the River Erewash between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Continue reading Bennerley Viaduct

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Leicestershire, Midlands Contemporary, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks

South Wigston – Leicester

Walk from the edge of the Leicester conurbation to the heart of the urban core. Largely along the Grand Union Canal towpath and a cycle greenway. Continue reading South Wigston – Leicester

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Welsh Marches

Attingham Park

Walk from the centre of Shrewsbury to Attingham Park. Walk joins the River Severn Path Continue reading Attingham Park

5 Miles or Less, Canals and Rivers, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Warwickshire

Earlswood Lakes

Walk along the shore of the impressive and famously beautiful Earlswood Lakes canal feeder reservoirs on the border between West Midlands county and Warwickshire. Continue reading Earlswood Lakes

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Warwickshire, West Midlands

Kenilworth – University of Warwick

Walk from Kenilworth along greenways and across fields to the University of Warwick’s campus on the edge of Coventry. Continue reading Kenilworth – University of Warwick

10 - 15 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Warwickshire

Leamington Spa – Napton on the Hill

Walk from Leamington Spa along the towpath of the Grand Union Canal through the countryside of eastern central Warwickshire to the village of Napton-on-the-Hill. Continue reading Leamington Spa – Napton on the Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Staffordshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks

Knypersley Reservoir

Varied urban, suburban and rural walk from Stoke-on-Trent along the Caldon Canal to the Head of Trent Valley, then up to Knypersley Reservoir. Continue reading Knypersley Reservoir

5 - 10 Miles, Black Country, Canals and Rivers, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands

Oldbury – Netherton

A walk between the characterful towns of Oldbury and Netherton via Turner’s Hill in the Rowley Hills, the highest point in West Midlands county Continue reading Oldbury – Netherton