Weatheroak Hill, near Hopwood Wednesday pub walk

Thank you for your interest in this Wednesday walk with a pub lunch. We ask you to book in advance for this walk since bookings for meals from the pub menu are usually requested in advance. Walkers who prefer to take a picnic lunch are welcome to do so and the leader will have a place designated for this somewhere near the pub, in the village, or in the area where we are stopping for lunch.

To book a place:

- click the blue + symbol above to increase the ticket count to 1 - only one ticket can be booked per booking since we ask for the name of each walker - then click Next

- on the following page click the Checkout button then complete the questions, click the Accept box and press the Confirm button. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FINISHING TIME OF THIS EVENT SHOWN ABOVE IS ONLY APPROXIMATE AND CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; IT WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS SUCH AS THE WEATHER AND THE WALKING PACE OF THE GROUP.

Walk leader: Celia Howell-Jones

This is a figure-of-eight route from the Coach and Horses pub, Weatheroak. Meet in the car park, of the Coach and Horses, 10, Weather Oak Hill, Alvechurch, B48 7EA for 10.30 start

Figure of eight route from the Coach and Horses pub, Weatheroak. The pub has its own brewery and serves classic pub lunches. The morning walk is a 5-mile circular route through fields and lanes and making use of Roman engineering. The afternoon is 3 miles circular around Kings Norton Golf club.

Morning walk: Starting from The Coach and Horses the route climbs quite steeply 100ft to the only stile on this section! It then crosses fields, alongside the golf course to St Mary’s Chapel, now offices. After a short break, we continue around the perimeter of the golf course and join the North Worcestershire path. We return by a meandering path across the golf course and then continue along lanes back to the Coach and Horses. 4.5 miles.

Afternoon walk: Starts with a climb up the Roman Road, Icknield Street to Forhill. The route then descends through woodlands and fields with good views to Watery Lane and back to the pub. 3.5 miles, 3 stiles.

Bookings for this walk will close at 06.00 on Wednesday 20 March 2024. After this, please email bhamramblersenquiries@gmail.com or contact us through our contact form at https://cobra.eventcube.io/support-hub/contact to enquire about any late availability for the walk.

If you later find that you are unable to join us it would be helpful if you let us know by sending an email to bhamramblersenquiries@gmail.com or let us know though our contact form at https://cobra.eventcube.io/support-hub/contact- this will be passed on to the walk leader and will prevent any delay to the start of the walk should the leader be waiting for you.

General Information

This is one of several walks and activities offered by the Birmingham Ramblers. If you have found this page through a web search or other means and would like to find out more about the group then please visit the Birmingham Ramblers web site; new members are always welcome.