Check this route for disruption caused by M42 J6 improvement work. Be prepared for detours for closed footpaths around Catherine-de-Barnes Lane.
This hike, led by Angus & Tracey Mills, will start from Hampton Gym at 10.00 am and will be about 7 miles long . It will be a practice walk for the half marathon walk on June 15th. From the gym the walk will proceed to Walsall End, along Walsall End lane and then via Wood Lane Farm and Henwood Hall Farm to the Grand Union Canal. Follow the towpath along the canal to the Boat Inn at Catherine de Barnes where the walk leaves the canal to continue down Catherine de Barnes lane to Shadowbrook Meadows and then across fields to Shadowbrook Lane and back to the gym.