Walks you can reach from Tipton by train
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Birmingham New Street to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Tipton.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Time: 2h30–5h
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham New Street to Bournville (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Tipton.
Canal towpath, urban paths and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.
Waterway: four fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Time: 2h–4h
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wednesbury Great Western Street to Wolverhampton
8 minutes direct from Tipton.
Largely paved paths, pavements and canal towpaths through residential streets, industrial estates, a nature reserve and a former-railway path. Route follows a section of the Monarch’s Way long-distance footpath. Well-served public transport returns to the start.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: A quarter urban. Footpath across wasteland between Walsall and Wolverhampton is ill-kempt with fly-tipping; gap-in-fence section near the mound is tricky to navigate.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wolverhampton to Coseley (Staffordshire)
8 minutes direct from Tipton.
Recommended: A level, well-surfaced canal towpath walk with no locks, easily wheeled and with a residential section at the Coseley end and pavement along a main road in central Wolverhampton. Can be a little overgrown in places in summer. Follows the Birmingham Canal towpath. Lots of waterfowl along the canal, including herons, mallards, swans, moorhens and coots. No facilities until the Wolverhampton end. Trains and buses at both ends.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Birmingham New Main Line Canal.
Time: 2h–3h30
Warnings: A quarter urban.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Codsall to Wolverhampton (Staffordshire)
8 minutes direct from Tipton.
A thoroughly relaxing, safe and direct route, the bulk along canal towpath (three canals and two junctions) with linking pavement, alleyway and park walks. The towpath is narrow and unsurfaced beyond The Droveway; mostly surfaced and in good condition elsewhere. Some steps and avoidable with a short detour. Follows the Birmingham, Staffs & Worcs and Shropshire Union canals, passing interesting bridges, locks and boatyards at Autherley and Aldersley junctions. A pleasant detour through Wheel Field Park. Two shops in Bilbrook.
Waterway: two thirds along the Birmingham New Main Line Canal.
Time: 2h30–5h
Lunch: Two shops in Bilbrook mid-route.
Walk details: Slow Ways.