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LAPWORTH WALK An easy-paced 11-mile circuit around south Warwickshire DISCOVER DAYS TO taking in the canal, woodland paths and arable farmland plus some road walking. The REMEMBER WHEN route passes close to two National Trust properties; YOU TRAVEL BY TRAIN Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House, making this a beautiful walk to enjoy. ARROW VALLEY WAR MEMORIAL PARK COUNTRY PARK STRATFORD-UPON-AVON With 900 acres of public open The War Memorial Park covers 48.5 As you walk in William hectares and is situated in southern space and the Arrow Valley Shakespeare’s footsteps from Lake, the park provides excellent Coventry, featuring football pitches, birthplace to grave, along the bowling greens, a small golf course, wildlife habitats as well as historic spine of ancient Stratford, great walks and activities. tennis courts, a splash and play your guide will unravel the area, an aviary for small birds, and There are a large number of Shakespeare story. It’s like walking way-marked footpaths, trails, a a skateboard area, there really is through the pages of history. You something for everyone! cycleway and horse path. In the will see the houses connected north of the park you can find CANNOCK to William Shakespeare and his Forge Mill Needle Museum and the CHASE FOREST family - The Birthplace, New Place Bordesley Abbey ruins and to the SUTTON PARK With a children’s play area, and the beautiful Hall’s Croft. Sutton Park is a 2,400 acre south Redditch Arboretum, Ipsley woodland walks to suit all ages Church and Redditch skate park. National Nature Reserve and is and abilities, and the best family one of the largest urban parks The Countryside Centre is located and mountain biking trails in WREKIN HILLS in the centre of the park providing in Europe. The park has open the region, you will not be stuck Did you know that the area park information including heathland, woodlands, seven for something to do. There around The Wrekin has the most watersports activities and a café. lakes, wetlands, and marshes are also walking trails, four diverse geology found on earth? - each with its own rich variety cycling trails, Go Ape, Forest Journey through millions of of plants and wildlife, some Segway, orienteering, picnic SANDWELL VALLEY years to discover different types rarely seen in the region. You areas, bike hire and a café. The COUNTRY PARK of rocks and how people have can also spot cattle and wild destination also welcomes dogs. Beautiful outdoor space, bird ponies grazing on the land. used them, for mining, making metal, generating electricity, watching and an award winning Green Flag park makes Sandwell EARLSWOOD LAKES spreading on fields and carving Valley Country Park a great Earlswood Lakes is made up into paving stones. But this walk is about much more than geology. place to spend the day. of three 22 acre reservoirs; The fully restored working Terry’s Pool, Windmill Pool Climb a little mountain created by an angry giant to follow in the Victorian farm features a and Engine Pool. This is traditional farmyard, walled an ideal location for bird footsteps of Bronze Age people, see the ‘world’s worst-built kitchen gardens, a small museum watching - look closely and and award winning tea rooms. you might even be lucky motorway’ and discover how old rocks built a New Town. Finding somewhere for a quiet walk enough to pick out the rare is easy, whether you are a keen Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! rambler or just want to go for a stroll with the dog, through woods, farmland, by pools and streams. MALVERN HILLS RIVERSIDE WALK You can bring your own bikes or A great destination for walkers Riverside Walk is a lovely figure hire them and ride for miles. of all ages and abilities, whether of eight circuit around the you are interested in a gentle Warwickshire town of Royal stroll along a tree-lined path Leamington Spa. The route visits or an energetic trek along the many of the highlights of the area CANAL WALK - ridge of the Malvern Hills. The including the River Avon, River BIRMINGHAM & FAZELEY unspoilt Teme Valley offers a Leam, Newbold Comyn Park, The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal great range of walking in glorious Jephson Gardens, Leam Valley links urban and rural landscapes. It countryside and the Severn Valley Nature Reserve and the Grand begins at Gas Street Basin, in the has striking riverside walks with Union Canal. It’s a great place for a heart of Birmingham’s shopping and views of the Cotswolds beyond. walk with long waterside sections, cultural districts, leading out into some beautiful countryside and the green and peaceful Midlands attractive parkland to explore. BROMPTON BIKE HIRE countryside. The canal plunges SHREWSBURY Hire a Brompton Bike from down through dramatically floodlit RIVER WALK Birmingham Snow Hill archways, office undercrofts and claustrophobic tunnels. It is a A beautiful circular walk around Station and cycle along the canal to Wolverhampton truly atmospheric link to the past Shrewsbury, visiting the River in the middle of a modern city. Severn, exploring the castle (Birmingham canal main line). grounds and the Quarry Park. You Fold the Brompton Bike up and catch the train back to can also extend the walk to include KEY woodland trails and a view point Birmingham or cycle back. over the town. The walk is easy to Within walking or cycling distance from the station access as it starts next to the train station at Shrewsbury Castle. For more information regarding opening times and pre-booking Within cycling distance only requirements, visit makeitwm.com/adventures-by-train from the station Your outdoor adventures by train Get £1 annual membership and a £3.50 day hire for Brompton Bike Hire when you travel by train! Download the Brompton Bike Hire app to redeem your offer and use the code TrainAdventure. Visit bromptonbikehire.com T&Cs apply If you’re looking to go a little further afield why not visit Dudley Zoological Gardens and Castle, home to some of the world’s rarest and most exotic animals, the Black Country Living Museum where you can wander around the open-air museum visiting original shops and houses or a visit to Dudley Canal Trust where you experience over 420 million years in 45 minutes! Find out about the great range of 2-for-1 offers available across the West Midlands when you travel by train. From boat trips along the River Avon to the beautiful Winterbourne Gardens in leafy Edgbaston or how about a visit to the award-winning Black Country Living Museum? There really is something for everybody when you travel by train. For more information: wmr.uk/2for1 It’s quick and easy to explore the region by train Rugeley Trent Valley CANNOCK Rugeley Town CHASE FOREST W Hednesford HIL BURY ST S M Y Cannock W U O S U E T G R R A E A A L U R H Landywood D L M E S E N R H E A Y R E Bloxwich North S Bloxwich UT TO N CO Walsall H LDFIE ERIT LD AGE TR Licheld Trent Valley Bescot Stadium AIL Tame Bridge Parkway Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY Hamstead Licheld City RIVER WALK W OU ARE HERE HILST Y Shenstone Wellington Oakengates Blake Street WREKIN Telford Central Butlers Lane HILLS Shifnal Four Oaks Cosford Perry Barr Albrighton SUTTON Sutton Coldeld PARK Codsall Wylde Green Bilbrook SANDWELL VALLEY Chester Road COUNTRY PARK Erdington Wolverhampton Witton F BIR Y CAT Y O M TR H AR I N E LIBR N E 'S G D Coseley G V RY U R A IL A H O D L Tipton A C M M T H & BROMPTON BIKE HIRE S A Dudley Port L Gravelly Hill L Sandwell & Dudley The Hawthorns WHILST YOU ARE HE Smethwick RE Galton Bridge HILST YOU Jewellery Aston W A RE Nuneaton Quarter H E R E Snow Hill Langley Green Duddeston Rowley Regis Smethwick Old Hill Birmingham Stourbridge Rolfe St New Street Town Cradley Heath OU ARE HERE ILST Y Bermuda Park WH Lye Moor Street Five Ways Bedworth Stourbridge Adderley Park Junction University Small Heath Stechford Hagley Selly Oak Tyseley Lea Hall Blakedown Bournville CANAL WALK MEMORIAL PARK W N BIRMINGHAM Marston Green O O Kidderminster Kings Norton & FAZELEY L T Birmingham WAR A VER MP Northeld RT HA International Coventry G Y Arena ALLER Longbridge Hampton in Arden Barnt Green Berkswell Coventry Acocks Spring Road Green Tile Hill Canley Hall Green Olton Bromsgrove Yardley Wood Solihull Hartlebury Alvechurch Shirley Widney Manor Kenilworth Whitlocks End Dorridge Redditch Lapworth Wythall Leamington Spa Earlswood ARROW VALLEY LAPWORTH COUNTRY PARK WALK Droitwich Spa Worcester WALK Foregate St EARLSWOOD RIVERSIDE LAKES The Lakes Worcester Shrub Hill Malvern Link Wood End Great Malvern Danzey Colwall Henley-in-Arden MALVERN Ledbury Wootton Wawen HILLS Hereford Wilmcote STRATFORD Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway UPONAVON Stratford-upon-Avon Download the free Deciding which ticket West Midlands is right for you? Railway App today Let West Midlands Railway help you explore It’ll make your train-travelling the whole West Midlands region. life much easier. Buy tickets, Head over to wmr.uk and search your journey, check train times and even turn it’s the simplest way to find out which ticket is your phone into the ticket itself perfect for you and your family day out. – all with the tap of a finger. Choosing to travel off-peak means that you will All with no booking fees. miss the hustle and bustle of rush hour, you’ll get to sit back and relax as your wonderful day out starts with the train journey.