Category: Short Walk (less than 3 miles)

3.5 miles. Start/finish: Car Park, Robin Hood, Drayton. DY9 0BW. Terrain is good, through fields. The footpaths followed are clearly marked or signposted. The Robin Hood (A) is a few yards down the road from the start of the walk. Turn right out of the pub past the small lane, and down the hill. Take…

4.5 miles. Start/finish: The car park of the Fruiterer’s Arms, Uphampton, WR9 0JW near Ombersley. Terrain is good, through fields. Some stretches on roads. Most of the footpaths followed are clearly marked or signposted. From the car park of the Fruiterer’s Arms (A) turn right and walk along the road, past the caravan park to…

2 ¼ miles. Start/finish: The Park Gate Inn, near Bromsgrove, B61 9AJ  (A448). Terrain: Good, through fields and woods. Some steep sections. The footpaths followed are clearly marked or signposted. From the car park (A) of the Park Gate follow the Monarch’s Way footpath as it follows a virtually straight line through gates and over…

2.5 miles. Start/finish (J): Scarfield Wharf, Alvechurch Marina, Alvechurch, B48 7SQ. There is a pub car park adjacent to the Weighbridge Pub. Alvechurch railway station lies close by. Terrain is good, through fields and along a towpath. One section on a footpath that follows a major road. Footpaths are well marked. Follow the towpath on…