Walks you can reach from Alvechurch by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands
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Hagley to Barnt Green (Worcestershire)
5 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bromsgrove to Barnt Green (Worcestershire)
5 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
A gentle climb through open country on the Monarch’s Way and canal towpath.
Waterway: three fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Longbridge to Wood End (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Spectacular views to Birmingham and Worcestershire. Ridge lip with fields, woodlands and lanes. Traces the Midlands Watershed Ridge along the Birmingham Plateau lip; route parallels Roman Icknield Street.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: A441 Redditch Road busy; M42 motorway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
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.
Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust)
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Bournville (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
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.
Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust)
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Sutton Coldfield to Lichfield (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Alvechurch.
Varied suburban and exurban and rural terrain. Connects Sutton Coldfield to historic cathedral city of Lichfield via Anglo-Saxon Shenstone and Roman remains at Wall where Watling Street and Icknield Street met.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Camp Road has high traffic, tight bends and heavy lorries; M6 Toll, A5, A5148 crossings; low-hanging power lines.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wythall to Longbridge (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Rural with woodland, fields and suburban areas. Walk traces River Cole source on Severn-Trent watershed; passes moated medieval farmhouse; passes Shire Country Park.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy main roads; muddy footpath sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Bromsgrove to Kings Norton (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Pastoral yet industrial terrain of north east Worcestershire into Birmingham. Walk traverses the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (1792-1815), featuring 30 locks at Tardebigge Flight.
Waterway: four fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Fast cars on suburban lanes; dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Solihull to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Mostly towpath along the Birmingham branch of the Grand Union Canal. Canal authorized in 1793 connecting Digbeth to Warwick; modernized in 1930s; freight traffic ceased by 1970s.
Waterway: four fifths along the Grand Union Canal.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Whitlocks End to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Towpaths and river banks. Urban walk tracing Birmingham's waterpower heritage from suburbs to city center.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy roads to cross; low bridges on canal sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Redditch to Wythall (Worcestershire)
5 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Recommended: Some great views from the elevated sections. An enjoyable route via Rowney Green and Weatheroak Hill with much less road walking than other versions and some great views from elevated sections. Very muddy in places (boots needed), with some paths following field perimeters where crops obscure the line and stiles in need of repair.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Crossing the busy A435, particularly around Wythall, needs care and extra vigilance. Some stiles are in poor condition. Crops can obscure field paths, requiring you to follow field perimeters. Very muddy in places; boots needed.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Droitwich Spa to Redditch (Worcestershire)
5 minutes direct from Alvechurch.
Field footpaths, bridleways and quiet lanes through farmland and woodland edge and with some pavement and road sections through villages. A bridleway can be a running stream and some field paths can be overgrown. Passes Hanbury Church and the edge of Pitcher Oak Wood.
Hanbury Hall (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Hanbury Church offered refreshments and a loo (informal hospitality).
Warnings: The bridleway north of Leasowes Farm can be a running stream; the footpath near Millfield Farm was overgrown, so staying on the lane is recommended.
Walk details: Slow Ways.