🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Castle Bromwich Hall & Gardens Trust — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Castle Bromwich Hall & Gardens Trust — a good base for a longer summer day out
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
4 activities
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
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Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
The Tame Way- Canal RouteWalking route19 km▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named routeRef TW-CLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Rail Trail: Birmingham International > Marston GreenWalking route6.4 km▾
A 4-mile walk discovering wildflower meadows, oak woodland and parkland along Low Brook on an easy route to Marston Green. Plane spotting optional!
Duration: 1.5 hours
Distance: 4 miles
Named routeRef rtBIALength 6.4 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Colebridge WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rail Trail: Marston Green Circular via ElmdonWalking route8.8 km▾
A 5.5-mile walk to discover a different side of suburban life, with a trail packed with plane spotting, heritage and a surprising amount of green space!
Duration: 2.5 hours
Distance: 5.5 miles
Named routeRef rtMGLength 8.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 533Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 533National Cycle Network
North Birmingham Walking and Cycling RouteCycling route▾
Route 535 is a small cycle route from National Cycle Route 5 in Birmingham City Centre to Gravelly Hill, which carries on for a short way along the Tame Valley Canal
Named routeRef 535National Cycle Network
Cole Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ward End RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 Parks Cycle Route- Silver Route (Airport Viewing Area to Meriden Park)Cycling route2.7 km▾
The all-weather route follows the valley of the Hatchford, Westley and Kingshurst Brooks whilst passing through an attractive mixture of formal parkland, wooded areas and open grassland.
Named routeRef 3PSLength 2.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
