This walk is from The Green Man in Middleton (Church Lane, Middleton, B78 2AN) and is about 7.5 miles. The route leaves Middleton through some muddy fields, then follows on to Drayton Bassett, along some farmland and then onto the pathways of RSPB Middleton Lakes. Our route does a lap of the lakes (dogs are not allowed on this lap, but there are other routes in RSPB Middleton Lakes on which dogs are welcome. Alternatively, if you have a dog you can just miss Middleton Lakes and continue straight on to the canal). After the lap of the lakes, the route continues along the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal for about a mile, and then follows a road past the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground of Aston Villa Football Club and back to the main Birmingham to Tamworth Road. After crossing the road, the route cuts along some country lanes before joining a footpath and returning to Middleton.
See below for photos from the walk, and a map of the route.
Click the Learn more button above to open the map in Outdooractive from where you can download the route to the free Outdooractive app for Android or iOS, or export the route to a GPX file for use in other apps. A GPX file for this route can also be downloaded from here. For more about using Outdooractive, and a list of all our routes with GPS files, see: GPS Routes
