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8.6 miles, ~500 ft ascent. Leader: Nora Veszpremi. From Redditch station, we walk a short distance along roads, then through Pitcher Oak Wood and Foxlydiate Wood. We cross the A448 on a bridge, then walk along quiet roads for a little over half a mile, joining the Monarch’s Way. We follow this climbing gently across fields to Tardebigge Church, then join the towpath of the Worcester and Birmingham canal. We follow the canal SW past the Tardebigge locks, the longest flight of locks in the UK with 30 locks in 2.25 miles, to arrive at Stoke Pound. We may stop briefly at The Queen’s Head pub here, before crossing fields and a quiet housing estate close to the railway line, finishing at Bromsgrove Station.
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JOINING INSTRUCTIONS: A & B walks: We will catch the 09:15 am train from Birmingham New Street station to Redditch (arr. 09:53, standard single fare £7.20). We will be returning from Bromsgrove, (trains dep at 03, 29 and 43 past the hour, standard single fare £7.80). (Walkers can join the train at other stations, but note you will need two single tickets, not a return ticket. Anyone with a West Midlands Combined Authority Travel Pass (bus pass) will only need to purchase tickets between Longbridge and Redditch/Bromsgrove). The standard single fare from Birmingham New Street to Redditch is £7.20; the single fare from Bromsgrove back to New Street is £7.80, so £15 in total. > It will work out cheaper for people to buy a return ticket from New Street to Barnt Green (£5.70), and then single tickets from Barnt Green to Redditch (£3.70), and from Bromsgrove back to Barnt Green (also £3.70); so this comes to £13.10 in total, saving £1.90 (based on standard adult fares).
We will be returning from Bromsgrove, (trains dep at 03, 29 and 43 past the hour.
