Moor Street to Sarehole Mill Thursday short walk

Join this leisurely ramble with a Birmingham Ramblers group leader and enjoy social walking with our friendly members.

It is very helpful for the walk leader to have prior knowledge of numbers that will be on this walk. We ask you to complete this very brief form to help with our planning of the walk to ensure that we can safely accommodate all who wish to join us. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form.

To express your interest in this walk:

- 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: John Chapman

A linear walk of 5 miles with a total of 237 ft ascent along the Digbeth Branch Canal and Grand Union Canal and the River Cole.

We meet at the entrance to Moor Street Station at 10.30 am to start the walk. Note that the walk is not using the train, it is just the meeting place. Many options for public transport to get to the starting point from where you live. As it is a linear walk, return to the city is by bus nos 5 or 11.

This is a walk along the Digbeth Branch Canal and Grand Union Canal and the River Cole. You will be able to witness the dereliction prior to the intended regeneration of East Side, and the commerce and industry along the banks of the Grand Union. This latter section contains much colourful graffiti. We then enter the woods and meadows of the Shire Country Park and follow the Cole Valley Walk southwards, passing the Ackers Ski slope en route. The walk is varied then, but surprisingly green for much of the way. The walk ends at Sarehole Mill, where the cafe serves drinks, cakes and scones. Bus numbers 5 and 11 can be caught outside Sarehole Mill for the return. The route is paved the whole way, with a little surface mud in one or two places. The whole walk is just over 5 miles, with a total of 237 ft ascent.

Expressions of interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Tuesday 18 June 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.