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

Stourbridge – Dudley

Canal towpath walk in the West Midlands between the two Black Country towns of Stourbridge and Dudley along the Stourbridge Canal Continue reading Stourbridge – Dudley

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

Wychbury Ring

Walk from Stourbridge to Hagley across the wild, mysterious and beautiful Wychbury Hill. A significant local landmark with connections to strange occurances. Continue reading Wychbury Ring

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

Caer Caradoc

Circular walk up Caer Caradoc a 459 metre tall hill topped with a impressive Iron Age hillfort in the Shropshire hills. Walk starts and ends from Church Stretton Railway Station.. Continue reading Caer Caradoc

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

British Camp

Circular walk from Colwall Station up onto the Malvern Hills range to the prominant striking British Camp hillfort on top of the Herefordshire Beacon. Continue reading British Camp

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

Coughton Court

Countryside walk across western Warwickshire from Henley-in-Arden to Coughton Court famously connected to 1605’s Gunpower Plot and other Early Modern era intrigues. Continue reading Coughton Court

5 - 10 Miles, Birmingham, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks, West Midlands, Worcestershire

Alvechurch – Kings Norton

Towpath walk from Alvechurch in northern Worcestershire to Kings Norton canal junction in south west Birmingham. Continue reading Alvechurch – Kings Norton

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Peak District, Severn Basin, Walks

Grindleford – Millthorpe

Walk from Grindleford to Millthorpe, once home to Edwards Carpenter “the gay godfather of the British left” via Froggatt, Curbar and Baslow Edges. Continue reading Grindleford – Millthorpe

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Worcestershire

Droitwich Spa – Worcester

Walk along the Droitwich Canal to where it joins the River Severn, then along the banks of the River Severn into the cathedral city of Worcester. Continue reading Droitwich Spa – Worcester

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

Honeybourne – Stratford upon Avon

Walk mostly on the trackbed of an old railway line from Honeybourne near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to Stratford-upon-Avon. Continue reading Honeybourne – Stratford upon Avon

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Worcestershire

Bewdley – Alveley

Walk along the River Severn from the 18th Century inland port of Bewdley to Alveley a pit-village home to Shropshire’s final rural coal mine shut in 1969 Continue reading Bewdley – Alveley