All about the Perry Barr coiners. A group of forgers and fraudsters in the Birmingham and Black Country area a little bit like David Hartley’s Cragg Vale coiners. They were led by William Booth a farmer from Perry Barr. Continue reading Booth’s Farm Ruins
Primarily towpath walk along the Birmingham branch of the Grand Union Canal from Solihull to Digbeth on the edge of Birmingham city centre. Continue reading Solihull – Birmingham
Towpath walk from Alvechurch in northern Worcestershire to Kings Norton canal junction in south west Birmingham. Continue reading Alvechurch – Kings Norton
Walk primarily along the Birmingham Canal Navigation Main Line from central Birmingham to vibrant, multicultural and deeply historically important Smethwick. Continue reading Birmingham – Smethwick
Walk from New Street Railway Station in Birmingham city centre, to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, and on towards the Gravelley Hill Interchange aka Spaghetti Junction. Continue reading Spaghetti Junction
Walk from Whitlock’s End Railway Station along 4 very different waterways, into Digbeth right in the heart of central Birmingham Continue reading Whitlock’s End – Digbeth
Varied suburban, exurban and rural walk from Sutton Coldfield in north Birmingham, to the little historic cathedral city of Lichfield. Continue reading Sutton Coldfield – Lichfield
A walk, mostly along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from Bromsgrove to King’s Norton Junction in Birmingham Continue reading Bromsgrove – King’s Norton
Walk from Birmingham into Worcestershire to the site of the former Dowery Dell Viaduct. Only ruins remain, but you can still get a sense of it’s scale and grandeur. Continue reading Dowery Dell Viaduct
A varried suburban and rural walk between Selly Oak in Birmingham and Halesowen in the Black Country along the route of the long closed Lapal Canal. Including the site of the ill-fated Lapal Canal Tunnel and the sites of the ruined Weoley Manor and Halesowen Abbey. Continue reading The Lost Lapal Canal
