Walks from Walsall
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Walsall Station.
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Walsall to Cannock
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.
Time: 4h–8h
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Barbed wire fencing; complicated road sections with M6 Toll crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Black Lake to Walsall
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.
Waterway: almost all along the Walsall Canal.
Time: 3h30–6h30
Warnings: One dismantled footbridge requires a small detour via lockgate or road-bridge gap.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).