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

Barnt Green – Rubery

Walk right along the Lickey Hills ridge dividing Birmingham and the West Midlands from Worcestershire. Walk starts at Barnt Green Railway Station and ends on Rubery High Street. Continue reading Barnt Green – Rubery

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Walks, Worcestershire

Bromsgrove Railway Station – Avoncroft Museum

How to get to Avoncroft Museum on foot starting at Bromsgrove Railway Station. The walk takes a little over half an hour and is mostly along flat, paved paths. Continue reading Bromsgrove Railway Station – Avoncroft Museum

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Church Stretton – Acton Scott

Walk in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from Church Stretton Railway Station to Acton Scott site of the Acton Scott living farming history museum, which it is hoped will reopen in spring 2024 under new management. Continue reading Church Stretton – Acton Scott

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Welsh Marches

Telford – Blists Hill

Urban and suburban walk taking around ninety minuites to complete from central Telford to Blists Hill living history museum on the edge of the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading Telford – Blists Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, National Landscapes (AONBs), Outwith, Severn Basin, Walks, Warwickshire, Worcestershire

Honeybourne – Ilmington

Walk between the villages of Honeybourne and Ilmington on the north western most fringes of the Cotswolds. The walk is mostly rural and passes through three counties, going up and over Ebrington Hill the highest peak in Warwickshire. Continue reading Honeybourne – Ilmington

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

Turner’s Hill

A walk up and over Turner’s Hill in the Rowley Hills, the highest point in West Midlands county. Continue reading Turner’s Hill

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

Wellesbourne – Compton Verney

Walk from Wellesbourne due west of Stratford-upon-Avon through the Warwickshire countryside to Compton Verney art gallery and parkland. Continue reading Wellesbourne – Compton Verney

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Walks, Welsh Marches

Ross on Wye – Goodrich Castle

Rural walk in the Wye Valley through the southern fringes of Herefordshire to to Goodrich Castle described by William Wordsworth as the county’s “nobleist ruin” Continue reading Ross on Wye – Goodrich Castle

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Severn Basin, Walks, Worcestershire

Stourport on Severn – Abberley

Walk from the riverside town of Stourport-on-Severn, through the north Worcestershire countryside to Abberley, the village at the far end of the Abberley Hills Continue reading Stourport on Severn – Abberley

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Black Country, Canals and Rivers, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Urban Wanders, Walks, West Midlands

Wightwick Manor

Walk from central Wolverhampton to the National Trust’s Wightwick Manor, primarily along the towpaths of the Birmingham Canal Navigation Main Line and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Continue reading Wightwick Manor