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
Short urban waterways walk along the Nottingham and Beeston Canal from the edge of Nottingham city centre to the River Trent and the Trent Bridge to West Bridgford. Continue reading Nottingham – West Bridgford
Walk across western central Derbyshire, partly rural, partly urban, it traverses one of the world’s oldest industrial regions, following the route of the old Cromford Canal closed in 1944. Continue reading Ambergate – Langley Mill
This Staffordshire walk from Rocester, home of JCB, to the little village of Oakamoor in the heart of the River Churnet Valley, primarily follows the course of the long lost Uttoxeter branch of the Caldon Canal. Continue reading Rocester – Oakamoor
Short walk between the Black Country towns of Coseley and Wednesbury primarily along the Bradley Arm Canal, an inland waterway which is partially preserved, partially subject to ongoing restoration efforts. Continue reading Coseley – Wednesbury
Walk from West Bromwich to Hamstead across the strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley Country Park via the site of the Jubilee Colliery, one of the final deep pits to operate in the Black Country. Continue reading West Bromwich – Hamstead
Walk from Mansfield town centre out to the former Nottinghamshire coal mining village of Clipstone. Home to the listed Clipstone Headstocks, disused for 20 years but still the tallest mining headstocks in the world. Continue reading Mansfield – Clipstone
Circular walk in Derbyshire’s White Peak countryside from Bakewell out to the historic and deeply atmospheric Magpie Mine where lead was mined for hundreds of years. Continue reading Bakewell – Magpie Mine
Walk to Swains Greave the source of the River Derwent in the north of the Derbyshire Peak District. Walk begins from Glossop Railway Station and goes via Bleaklow, heading back to Hadfield Railway Station along the Longdendale Trail. Continue reading The Source of the River Derwent
Countryside walk from Alvechurch in Earlswood through the hilly north Worcestershire landscape. walk goes via the summit of Hob Hill and Forshaw Heath source of the River Blythe. Continue reading Alvechurch – Earlswood
