Walk in rural Warwickshire from Lower Tysoe up and along Edge Hill the northeastern most part of the Cotswold escarpment and down to Kineton across the site of October 1642’s Battle of Edgehill. Continue reading Middle Tysoe – Kineton
Circular walk from Market Harborough Railway Station across and around the upland limestone plateau in Northamptonshire where the Battle of Naseby occured in June 1645, ending Charles I’s hopes of winning the 17th Century Civil Wars. Continue reading Market Harborough – Naseby
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
Rural walk between the villages of Honeybourne to the National Trust’s Hidcote Manor famous for its arts and crafts gardens on the north western most fringes of the Cotswolds National Landscape. Continue reading Honeybourne – Hidcote
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
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the course of the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bidford-on-Avon a deeply historic little town and crossing place over the river. Continue reading Stratford upon Avon – Bidford on Avon
Walk along the River Severn in Worcestershire from the 18th Century inland port of Bewdley to Upper Arley an attractive riverside village Continue reading Bewdley – Upper Arley
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 from Church Stretton Railway Station, up to Long Mynd plateau then across the north east of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape to Pontesbury, an unlikely seeming former colliery village. Continue reading Church Stretton – Pontesbury
