Earlswood

This walk of just over 9 miles was led by Evan Grant on Sun 6 Nov from the car park of the Drawbridge Inn (5 Drawbridge Road, Shirley, B90 1DD - Google Maps. Note: the car park entrance is on Haslucks Green Road).

The route begins by crossing the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal over the Shirley Drawbridge, then skirts Hollywood and goes through Wythall before crossing Fulford Heath Golf Club to Tanner's Green.  It then crosses fields to Clowes Wood and follows the edge of Terry's Pool and Earlswood Lakes to Lady Lane and the canal. The route then follows the towpath to Dickens Heath and cuts through the village centre before returning to the towpath and following it back to and over the Shirley Drawbridge to the Drawbridge Inn. 

The walk started at the Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, B94 6AQ at 9:00am. We skirt the Lakes and head out alongside Clowes Wood heading north towards Becketts Farm, Wythall. From there we head west towards Weatheroak, circling the King Norton Golf Club we head past the cricket ground back towards Becketts Farm. We carefully cross the A435 and begin our return to the Lakes taking in views of the Fulford Heath golf club. We pass through New Fallings Coppice and return to the opposite side of the Lake to appreciate the view from that side. The walk is approx 9.5 miles long but can be reduced to 6 miles by stopping off at Becketts Farm for a leisurely coffee break and re-joining the walk as we pass back through on our return.