Walks you can reach from Perry Barr by train
Staffordshire · West Midlands of England
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West Bromwich Central Station to Hamstead Station
3m direct from Perry Barr.
6km.
A true green lung and corridor through strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley. Urban streets, holloway track, open fields and scrubland, tarmac paths beside lakes, sandy flood-defence embankment, and residential roads. Return via Hamstead Railway Station (Birmingham New Street–Walsall line) or buses 16/16A. Narrow undergrowth path near the Hamstead end — clear and well-trodden but thick vegetation; M5 motorway bridge crossing.
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Aston Station to Gravelly Hill Station (Warwickshire)
5m direct from Perry Barr.
Easy: 3km, moderate ascents. 1h.
Canal towpath with street sections at either end.
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Duddeston Station to Aston Station (Warwickshire)
5m direct from Perry Barr.
Easy: 2km, flat terrain. 30m.
Canal towpath and with gentle gradients.
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Birmingham Moor Street Station to Duddeston Station (Warwickshire)
8m direct from Perry Barr.
Easy: 3km, flat terrain. 1h.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
10km.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Bournville Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
8km.
Canal towpath, urban paths, and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Smethwick Rolfe Street Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
6km.
Canal towpath. Walk along Birmingham Canal Navigation from city center to ethnically diverse Smethwick.
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Birmingham New Street Station to University Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
5km.
Spectacular modernist architecture. Canal towpath and university campus paths. Urban walk through Birmingham's industrial heritage and prestigious university grounds. Steep slope approaching campus.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Five Ways Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
Easy: 1km, flat terrain. 30m.
Canal towpath. Not wheelchair-accessible — steps with no ramp alternative.
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Walsall Station to Cannock Station (Staffordshire)
15m direct from Perry Barr.
15km.
Remarkable survivals (Pelsall and Pelsall North Common). Greenway paths, common land, woodland, and field edges. Former mining country with industrial heritage; route follows McClean Way greenway on former South Staffordshire Railway. Barbed wire fencing; complicated road sections with M6 Toll crossing.
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Black Lake Station to Walsall Station
15m direct from Perry Barr.
12km.
Canal towpaths throughout — rough track, grassy banks, tarmac sections — passing under multiple road, and rail and motorway bridges. Follows the Ridgacre Branch Canal, joins the Walsall Canal, and finishes at the canal basin beside the New Art Gallery in Walsall town centre. One dismantled footbridge requires a small detour via lockgate or road-bridge gap.