Walks you can reach from Longbridge by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands of England | Walks by foot
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Kings Norton Station to Northfield Station (Worcestershire)
2m direct from Longbridge.
Easy: 3km, flat terrain.
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Bromsgrove Station to Kings Norton Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
19km.
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. Fast cars on suburban lanes; dual carriageway crossing.
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Alvechurch Station to Kings Norton Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
10km.
Towpath along canal with suburban and greenbelt sections. Nearly 1000 years ago Kings Norton was valued five times higher than Birmingham for taxation; canal junction constructed 1796; area incorporated into Birmingham in 1911. Narrow road with fast traffic; dark tunnel to avoid (2.5km Wast Hill Tunnel).
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Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
10km.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
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Barnt Green Station to Bromsgrove Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
Easy: 7km, gentle ascents. 2h.
Field paths.
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Barnt Green Station to Alvechurch Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
Easy: 3km, moderate ascents. 1h.
Canal towpath with fields.
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Barnt Green Station to Hagley Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
Tough: 173km. Flat terrain. 6h.
Spectacular; long views. Hill and moorland paths with woodland, fields, and with substantial climbs. Can be very muddy or boggy.
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Bournville Station to Kings Norton Station (Worcestershire)
4m direct from Longbridge.
Easy: 3km, gentle ascents. 1h.
Canal towpath with fields. Can be very muddy or boggy.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Bournville Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Longbridge.
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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Selly Oak Station to Bournville Station (Worcestershire)
7m direct from Longbridge.
Easy: 2km, flat terrain. 30m.
Canal towpath and flat and easy-going.
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Bromsgrove Station Circular via Dodford Anglican church (Worcestershire)
9m direct from Longbridge.
13km.
Dodford founded 1848 by National Land Company; Chartist settlement for small farmers; later became market garden community for strawberries. A38 dual carriageway crossing; busy A448; M5 footbridge.
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Bromsgrove Station to Droitwich Spa Station (Worcestershire)
9m direct from Longbridge.
12km.
Mostly along canal towpaths with field paths and road sections. Walk through mid-Worcestershire from Bromsgrove to Droitwich Spa, tracing salt industry heritage and Victorian spa development via canal routes. Droitwich is a town literally constructed on salt. Be careful of fast-moving cars on lane; towpath muddy in places.