Tudor Grange and Brueton Park (Solihull) 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.

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Walk leader: Celia Howell-Jones

This is a 4 mile walk with easy walking on pavement surfaces, footpaths and grass.

Please meet at the front entrance of Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, B91 3DN off Blossomfield Road for a 10.30am. start. 

Using Public Transport: Train from Moor Street Station to Solihull Station. Approximately 15minutes. Suggest 9.55 am to Solihull. The leader will meet train travellers at Solihull station and take to start of walk. Directions from station: from the platform, walk down to the underpass, turn left towards a fence, then left to Road. Cross at the pelican lights and continue straight on to the Tudor Grange entrance. 

Buses, from Moor Street X2 to Solihull Station. Bus 6 from Moor Street to Solihull and Bus 76 from Harborne to Solihull via Kings Heath. Alight at Solihull Swimming pool stop. (opposite Tudor Grange.). 

By car. There is free parking for up to 3 hours at Tudor Grange. The walk will be 4 hours with breaks etc. The car park charge is £4.50 for 3-4 hours and £5.00 for 4-5hours. All cars must get a ticket from the machine. Toilets are in the Leisure Centre, off the cafe area.

This short walk starts from Tudor Grange leisure centre B91 3DN. The route meanders through Tudor Grange Park then through verdant green ways to Brueton park.  From there the route goes through meadows and woodland and descends to the lake before continuing to the wildlife trust Parkridge visitor centre and cafe for lunch/coffee stop. We then continue through the park admiring its interesting trees before following snickets and roads back to Tudor Grange. Bring a snack/ lunch or purchase at the Visitor centre.

Expressions of interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Tuesday 13 August 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.

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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. Please note that some walks have a waiting list so tickets are NOT TRANSFERABLE; if you are unable to join us then please cancel your place to free it up for someone who may be on the waiting list rather than transferring it to someone else.

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.