Walks in and near Birmingham¶
Web walks¶
Leamington-Spa¶
Own prepared walks¶
Cannon Hill¶
Start- and end points
Inspiration for this walk
Cannon Hill Park by itself is also easy to reach by bus (e.g., bus 35 passes close to the hotel of 2025) and it is easy touring in the park.
Grand Union Canal to the South¶
Start- and end points
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Solihull train station Trains to/from Snow Hill and Moor Street. Can be reached with azons 1-4 ticket.
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Hampton-in-Arden train station Trains from Birmingham New Street. Can be reached with a zones 1-5 ticket.
Series 1
Series 2: Via Moor Street to the canal
Southwest Birmingham: Longbridge to Halesowen¶
Start- and end points
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Longbridge station which is also a stop for many buses
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Bus stop Blackberry Lane in Halesowen (code nwmjtagt) but it looks like there is no service there anymore?
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Nearby Halesowen Bus Station may be the better choice.
Shorter variants directly to Cofton Hacket Village Hall in the beginning, differing in the last part of the walk:
Longer variants that at the start go via Barnt Green, differing in the same way in the last part of the walk:
South Birmingham: Engine House and Blythe Valley¶
Start- and end point:
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Wythall train station with trains from Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. Requires a 5-zone ticket.
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Solihull train station with trains from Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill.
Requires a 4-zone ticket.
North Birmingham: West Bromwich¶
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Start- and end point
- Metro stop West Bromwich Central Metro from various places in the city centre, including at Snow Hill and New Street stations. Zone 1-2 ticket is sufficient.
North Birmingham: Sutton Coldfield and Walsall¶
Start- and end points:
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Four Oaks train station Trains to/from Birmingham New Street, zones 1-5 ticket needed.
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Sutton Coldfield train station Trains to/from Birmingham New Street, zones 1-4 ticket needed.
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Walsall train station Trains to/from Birmingham New Street, zones 1-4 ticket needed.
Coventry to Warwick or Leamington Spa¶
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