Erdington Parks in Autumn Saturday walk for the public

These walks offer the opportunities for non-members to bring the family and start walking in the countryside on walks led by Birmingham Ramblers 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.

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Walk leader: Sheila Layons

A linear walk of around 4 1/2 miles, with easy walking on hard surfaced paths.

Meet outside Erdington Methodist Church Station Road Erdington Birmingham B23 6TX (opposite Erdington train station) at 10:30am. The walk leader will meet you here.

By Public Transport: Train: 10:06 am from New Street Station, usually platform 8, arrives at Erdington station at 10:20 am; but check before travelling. Bus: The X3, X4, X5 and 110 buses from stop CS1 in Upper Corporation Street all stop at Wilton Road Erdington. The X4 departs at 10:00am. Alighting at Wilton Road, continue along Sutton New Road and turn left into Station Road; just a few minutes’ walk to the church.

By car: Not advised as this is a linear walk

A linear walk of around 41/2 miles, with easy walking on hard surfaced paths. See Erdington Parks in all their Autumn finery, plenty of water birds and a Tiny Forest. After a short street walk, we enter Bleak Hill Park which leads us to Witton Lakes and on to circuit Brookvale Park. Our route will then take us around the other side of Witton Lakes and into Perry Common Meadows arriving in Witton Lodge Road. Then passing the small Ring Park, we can stop at a small café for drinks etc. The number 7 bus will take us back to Birmingham city Centre.

Expressions of interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Thursday 24 October. 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.

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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.