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We are the City of Birmingham Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

B WALK DESCRIPTION: The B walk will be roughly similar to the A walk, thus: We start near the town centre of Henley-in-Arden with a walk along The Mount ridge which includes ancient earthwork remains of Beaudesert Castle and offers extensive views all round.  We continue north-east and south to the attractively located Preston Bagot church.  We take a short canal walk as far as the very picturesque Aqueduct lock and a quiet lane to Yarningale Common and the Mill Mound.  Our route then follows good tracks passing farms and hamlets to Lowsonford and our lunch stop at the Fleur De Lys canalside pub. We then follow a section of the Heart of England Way which gradually descends attractive woodland and more rural tracks in this quiet area to finish our walk just north of Henley-in-Aden. The fare is £5.

Sunday, 3 November 2024
Start time:
9:00 am
Estimated finish time:
6:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
14.5km / 9.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

BOOKING ESSENTIAL, please use the link above for our booking page. Coach fare £5, payable cash/cheque or in advance by bank transfer.

The Birmingham Ramblers recently bid for, and won, a grant from the Inclusive Communities Fund which is part of the legacy of the Commonwealth Games. This grant is specifically to assist with coach transport to encourage new people to join the Sunday walks and start walking in country areas.

We will be using this fund to subsidise coach-based walks, such as this one, in areas which offer opportunities to new inexperienced walkers as well as challenges to regular walkers under the banner Keep Fit for a Fiver. As this suggests, we are reducing the coach fare for this and some other selected walks to £5 for all, be they regular walkers or new faces.

Features

  • Coach trip

Starting point

Grid reference:
SP 07006 87535
Nearest postcode:
B4 6EU
what3words:
echo.pipe.dull
Start time:
9:00 am

The coach pick-up is the layby at the side of St. Chad’s Cathedral. B4 6EU.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking