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Visit to Boscobel House, 10 March 2024

Over the years, many of our walks have crossed onto the path known as the Monarch’s Way. It is Britain’s second longest trail at 625 miles long. The route follows the journey of King Charles ll from Worcester to Shoreham … Continue reading

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Next walk: Birmingham Canals and Christmas Market, 10 Dec 2023

Our final walk of the year will be a relaxing 2-3 mile exploration of the canals around Birmingham city centre. A visit to the Christmas Market on Victoria Square will conclude our walk. Towpaths might be a bit slippery so please … Continue reading

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Next walk: Shire Country Park, 9 April 2023

Our Easter Sunday walk will be through the Shire Country Park in south Birmingham. The Shire Country Park is a local nature reserve along the River Cole Valley, with a mixture of wetlands, grasslands, woodland and heath. The park was … Continue reading

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Next walk: Jewellery Quarter, 9 Jan 2022

For the first walk of the new year we are going to explore Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and Key Hill Cemetery. The centre of Birmingham’s industrial life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there’s lots to see in the Jewellery Quarter … Continue reading

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Next walk: Birmingham Canals & Christmas Market (12 Dec 2021)

Our final walk of the year will be a relaxing exploration of the canals around Birmingham city centre. It will include a pub stop at the Hen & Chickens on Constitution Hill. A visit to the Christmas Market on Victoria … Continue reading

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February walk: Stepping stones across River Cole

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Heavenly Hints walk, 9 April 2017

Join us in April for our “Heavenly Hints” walk, which will take us through gently undulating wooded farmland with beautiful views. Hints is fascinating Watling Street Roman Road territory with place names like “the Devil’s Dressing Room” and “Gold’s Clump”!! … Continue reading

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Wightwick Wonder Walk, 13 March

This walk takes us along the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, along towpaths and through the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. It’s a mainly flat walk of six miles with just a couple of inclines, but can be muddy in places. Remember … Continue reading

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August Walk: Warley Woods, 9/8/2015

Our August walk will be a gentle ramble of four miles through Warley Woods. Details to follow shortly!

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