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Warwickshire Moor & Alvecote after use after © Sue Steward Sue © Wildlife Trust Wildlife Meadows Alvecote Recycle Recycle FSC Partnership C/O Warwickshire Warwickshire C/O Partnership © Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Landscape Wetlands Valley Tame © Content Steward. Sue © Meadow Cover image, Cattle on Alvecote Alvecote on Cattle image, Cover This walk has been created with assistance from: assistance with created been has walk This @thetamevalley Facebook.com/tamevalleywetlands [email protected] tamevalleywetlands.co.uk For more information visit: information more For website. the from download to available is guide This www.staffordshire.gov.uk www.staffordshire.gov.uk for more information. more for Visit: walk. the of start the to near passes route bus A postcode is B77 3LL). 3LL). B77 is postcode site and there is limited parking on Moor Lane (nearest (nearest Lane Moor on parking limited is there and site There is a small area to park cars at the entrance to the the to entrance the at cars park to area small a is There Moor Lane, Bolehall, close to the centre of Tamworth. Tamworth. of centre the to close Bolehall, Lane, Moor Warwickshire Moor Local Nature Reserve is situated off off situated is Reserve Nature Local Moor Warwickshire Getting here Getting M42 M42 CNRY Medium: 10.5 km / 6.5 miles 6.5 / km 10.5 Medium: LLL of over one million people. million one over of BRMNGAM Circular Walk Circular M6 M69 doorstep the on landscape hidden m a e M5 T r CLLL e NNATN and Tamworth is an extraordinary, extraordinary, an is Tamworth and v i R Moor & Alvecote & Moor A452 KNGBRY Stretching between Birmingham Birmingham between Stretching A5 WLRAMPN MDDLN A453 M42 Warwickshire wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Wetlands. Valley Tame the of wildlife TAMWRTH M6 and history landscape, the Explore A444 M6 TOLL M6 ALVECTE LCFLD Lapwing Bullrushes on Alvecote Follow the © Darin Smith Meadows Countryside Code © Sue Steward Sections of this circular walk travel through wildlife friendly areas. Please be aware of this and know your Countryside Code: n Leave gates and property as you find them and keep to paths Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly n Leave no trace of your visit and © J.Bates take your litter home n Keep dogs under effective control n Be considerate of locals and Walk highlights others enjoying the outdoors Warwickshire Moor bullhead and minnow a series of shallow pools Coventry Canal n Follow advice and local signs. Local Nature Reserve in the River Anker. alongside the river that The Coventry Canal was The reserve is owned Alvecote Pools have arisen as an effect constructed to connect by Tamworth Borough Alvecote Pools is a Site of of colliery subsidence the rapidly expanding city Council and managed by Special Scientific Interest from Alvecote Colliery, of Coventry with the Trent Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SSSI) and nature reserve which was later merged to & Mersey Canal. This way, through the Wild About situated alongside the form North Warwickshire its promoters hoped to Tamworth Project. It was River Anker, adjacent to the Colliery and which ceased exploit the potential of the created in 2006 when hamlet of Alvecote on the operation in 1965. In Warwickshire coalfields, the main ditch running border of Warwickshire and addition to the wetland shipping fuel both to north through the reserve was Staffordshire in England. habitat, there are areas (via the Trent & Mersey) dug and widened and a Consisting of two discrete of fen, reed bed and and south (via the series of pools and scrapes areas, Pooley Fields and woodland. As a result, Oxford Canal). created. Many different Alvecote Meadows, the site the area is regionally Its construction took over volunteer groups and local covers 128 ha (320 acres) important for bird life, 20 years before the whole residents were involved in total and is the largest and over 100 species line eventually opened in with other projects to build SSSI in Warwickshire. are reported annually, 1790. Nonetheless, it was a boardwalks, lay footpaths First notified in 1955, with between 60 and 70 profitable venture that still and create nesting boxes. Alvecote Meadows breeding. The site is also paid a dividend right up to The reserve is home to has been owned by important for beetles, 1947, the year before the species such as broad- WarwickshireWildlife with 322 species recorded, canals were taken under bodied chaser dragonflies, Trust since 1997. and spiders (121 species). the Government’s wing. sedge warblers and The SSSI comprises 300 yards The nearest postcode ad is B77 3LL and the Ro 300 metres by New Road sh walk begins at a small A Amington all parking area at the grid reference – SK 21627 04131. Amington R all Farm iver SHUTNGTN A n k e r Moor 4 Farm er nk A er Alvecote iv 3 R Pools M Shuttington Road Nature oo r La Alvecote Meadows Reserve TAMWR n e SSSI DRCT Nature Reserve 2 ALVECTE Brindley Drive TamworthRoad Pooley Warwickshire odge Lane Fields Country Moor Nature Reserve Coventry 5 Park 1 AMNGTN Canal o a d th R or w e Ta m n a L arkers for t e ym he BLALL t wa A START/ND o e lv c CIRCUL e lu TE AR c p b O W o WARWCKR MR C t e k E A e e r V L L K C & ALVEC CRCLAR h a A i d r S c e u h l t a r w W o l l a o w l k F w k .u w o .t .c am s e nd valleywetla Warwickshire Moor & Directions: Key Walk highlight Warwickshire From the small parking then take the public Alvecote Circular walk Moor & Alvecote area on Moor Lane, footpath down into the Refreshments 1 (circular route) Distance: 10.5 km (6.5 miles) look for the boardwalk fields to the right, following Parking near you to explore the the way marking posts 2 Route point Allow: 3-4 hours Toilets Warwickshire Moor area. and exiting onto Alvecote Road Landscape and path type: The route The boardwalk is a short Lane in 730m. Turn left Bus stop uses surfaced footpaths & bridleways, Footpath loop around the Local and walk along Alvecote Buildings muddy tracks, hills and steep inclines, Nature Reserve where Lane, over Alvecote Bridge Bridleway you will get the chance to and through a kissing Open water tarmacked pavements and roads. Track There are slopes and kissing gates see dragonflies, birds and gate down the slope then Woodland small mammals. Upon turn back on yourself onto Train track during this walk. Sturdy footwear Cemetery reaching the parking area the Coventry Canal at is recommended. again, walk to the left, Bridge 59. You can leave Map: OS Map 232 Nuneaton & along Moor Lane towards the circular walk here Tamworth, Lichfield & Atherstone. the railway. to explore Pooley Fields Country Park. Dogs: Restricted to public rights of Walk through the way through the reserve, under close 2rail tunnel, following Follow the towpath the finger post ahead. along the canal for control at all times. 5 Continue to follow the way 3km, passing beneath marking posts through bridges 59 to 70 before the fields until reaching a leaving the path at surfaced track alongside Amington Road Bridge playing fields in 740m. (bridge 71) and joining June Crescent. At Bridge Exit through the kissing 63 (Hodge Lane Bridge) gate onto Moor Lane 3 take the time to leave the again, walking along the circular walk briefly to road to the T-junction and explore a Staffordshire turn right. Follow the road Wildlife Trust Nature onto Bracklesham Way and reserve at Hodge Lane. over the rail bridge. Turn Walk along Amington left onto Tamworth Road. Road for 580m before Turn left onto turning right onto Moor 4Shuttington Road over Lane and continuing along another railway bridge. the Lane for 310m to the Follow this road until you end of the walk. reach Shuttington Bridge, Alvecote Pools woodland © Chris Guggiar-Peel.
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