Hampton-in-Arden

This walk was a half marathon walk starting from and finishing at The Hampton Gym, Old Station Road, Hampton in Arden,  B92 0HA. The walk, and the training walks leading up to it, were organised to raise money for the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust. All donations very welcome at: www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/hampton-half

This 10 mile walk was led by Angus and Tracey Mills on Sun 4 Jun 2023 and started from The Hampton, Station Court, Old Station Road, Hampton in Arden, B92 0HA.

This walk is one of a series of practice walks for the Hampton half marathon walk (see this pdf file for details) on June 17th in aid of the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust.

This 7 mile walk to Barston and back on Sun 21 May was led by Evan Grant from The Hampton, Station Court, Old Station Road, Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, B92 0HA.

This Hampton Hike was also one in a series of training walks organised by The Hampton gym with Hampton Hikers in advance of a Half Marathon Walk on 17 June to raise funds for Cameron Grant Memorial Trust. For full details, including how to enter the Half Marathon Walk, please see this PDF: Half Marathon Walk

This walk was led by Mary Coles and on Sun 20 Nov from Fentham Hall car park in Hampton-in-Arden, B92 0AH. The walk followed footpaths through fields to Barston and on to Temple Balsall and then returned to Barston and Hampton-in-Arden on different paths. There is one short stretch on Balsall Street, a busy road, on the approach to Temple Balsall.

The walk led by Evan Grant on Saturday, 7th May started from Fentham Hall car park (B92 0AH, Google Maps) at 9.30am. This circular route of 9 miles goes to Barston via Barston Lakes and Bradnocks Marsh and returns via the Grand Union Canal towpath and Walsal End. Many thanks to Gill Shalley who chose the route.

A circuit of around 9 1/2 miles (15 km) from the Fentham Hall Car Park (Marsh Lane, Hampton-in-Arden, B92 0AH - Google Maps). The route goes to the edge of Balsall Common then back to Hampton through Barston. The walk is mostly on footpaths through fields, though there are some stretches along roads. Expect a bit of mud if you walk this route in winter.

This walk started from Fentham Hall, Hampton in Arden, B92 0AH, at 10.00 am and was approximately 8 miles. 

A 5 mile walk from the Hampton-in-Arden sports club carpark to Barston via Barston Lakes and the West Midlands Golf Club and back via Walsal End.

This walk of 8.5 miles (13.6 km) long follows the route shown on the map below; it leaves Hampton via footpaths to Walsal End and on past Henwood Hall Farm to the Grand Union Canal. The walk then follows the towpath to the bridge at Kixley Lane where it leaves the canal and crosses fields to Barston and on back to Hampton.

An 11.5 mile circuit let by Bob Reid around Hampton-in-Arden starting at 10am on Sat 8 June from The Hampton Health & Fitness Club. Enjoy this as a walk in its own right, or as the last of the "training walks" organised in preparation for the Half Marathon Walk in support of Cameron Grant Memorial Trust on 15 June. If you would like to make a donation, please do so on this page at TotalGiving.

This walk starts at The Beeches Car Park in Hampton-in-Arden and makes its way to Barston then returns to Hampton via the Grand Union Canal and Walsal End.

This walk, led by Gill Shalley, will be from Hampton in Arden. Meet at "The Beeches" at 10.00 am. and enjoy a mystery tour in the Hampton area

This walk will leave the Hampton Gym at 10.00 am and will be led by Bob Reid. It will be approximately 4 miles long, leaving the gym down Old Station Road towards the station and then follow the railway line to Windmill Farm. From there proceed to the old road past the Marsh Nature Reserve to Patrick's Farm.

This walk, starts from the Hampton Gym at 10.00 am and is approximately 5 miles in length. It will be led by Bob Reid.

The walk will proceed down Old Station Road to Meriden Road, turn right to Marsh Lane and thence into a series of fields leading to Barston village. From Barston it returns to Hampton via Walsal End and then back to the gym. 

This walk starts from the Hampton Gym at 10.00 am and is approximately 5 miles in length. It will be led by Bob Reid.

The walk will proceed down Old Station Road to Meriden Road, turn right to Marsh Lane and thence into a series of fields leading to Barston village. From Barston it returns to Hampton via Walsal End and then back to the gym.

The first of the new ambles will set off from the gym at 10.00 am and will be approx. 4.0 miles in length. The walk will be led by Bob Reid.

We will leave the gym along Old Station Road heading towards the station, here we cross Meriden Road to The Crescent and make our way to the railway line.  We follow the railway passing underneath to Marsh Lane which we follow to the end. Here we pass underneath the railway again and make our way to the transport cafe where we turn left and continue along the old road past Bradnocks Marsh to Patrick Farm. Rejoining Meriden Road we proceed back to the gym either along the main road or across fields depending on the conditions underfoot.

A walk in the dark from Hampton-in-Arden to Barston and back; a Friday evening adventure! This annual Night Walk is organised by Cameron Grant Memorial Trust in memory of Cameron who took his own life at the age of 21 in November 2014. The route is just over 4 1/2 miles long, and takes 2 - 2 1/2 hours to walk in the dark. For more information, please see the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust website: Cameron's 3rd Night Walk

Cameron would have been 24 on 10 October 2017, and the date of the walk is chosen each year to be on a Friday close to his birthday. The objectives of the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust are to: 1) raise awareness of young suicide, 2) urge all who are suffering in silence to speak up and ask for help, 3) support all who are fighting to overcome poor mental health, especially young people, and especially where this can be done through outdoor activities like hill-walking and the Duke of Edinburgh's award, and 4) assist in the provision of education and support that will help to increase awareness and knowledge of the issues around mental health and well-being for all and especially amongst young people.

A walk from Hampton to Catherine de Barnes Common - "Catney Common", the only common land in Solihull - along the footpath above the Grand Union Canal to Damson Parkway. From there, along the towpath and across fields to Ravenshaw Hall and then via Eastcote back to Hampton.

Many thanks to Gill Shalley who planned and led the walk on 29 Jul 2017 when we started and finished at The Hampton Gym. There are many places you can choose to start and finish this walk; the route below is for a walk starting and finishing at The White Lion in Hampton where there is customer parking.

This walk starts from The Hampton Gym, follows footpaths to Barston and Balsall Street, the Millennium Way/Heart of England Way to the West Midlands Golf Club and then footpaths back to the gym.

Starting from the Hampton Gym walk down Old Station Road to Meriden Road, turn right along Meriden Road crossing when safe and then turn left into Fentham Road. At the end of the road take the footpath on the left and follow it straight across fields and a small footbridge until until Oak Lane is reached. 

Turn right and then left onto Barston Lane passing the Bulls Head pub. At the church, go through the churchyard via a path on the left which is followed around to the left past a path on the right which is not taken. At the end of the field go through a gate and follow the path across fields, crossing the river Blythe, until Barston Lane is reached and then turn right to Balsall Street. 

The walk starts at the gym by going down Old Station Road towards Hampton village, at the end turn right along Meriden Road passing over the railway bridge, cross over the road and continue to the sharp right hand bend and there turn left down Belle Vue Terrace. At the end of Belle Vue Terrace take a short enclosed footpath on the right which leads to a metal gate on the left, go through the gate and, keeping a hedge on the left, proceed along the side of the rough pasture to the end. Here, pass through two gates within 10 yards and keep ahead along the next field still with the hedge on the left, maintain direction across a footbridge into the next field and continue until a farm track is reached, cross over the track and follow a footpath slightly to the left across the middle of a cultivated field. Passing through a gap in the hedge enter a field and make for a gap in the fence on the right, go through the gap and turn left onto a lane.

Walk Description: starting from the gym turn right along Old Station Road to the end and then turn right along Meriden Road. When a sharp right hand bend is reached turn left down Belle Vue Terrace, at the end, turn right into a narrow enclosed footpath which leads to a gate leading into a meadow on the left. Walk through the meadow keeping a hedge close on your left, at the end of the meadow go through two gates within 10 yards passing into a cultivated field, still keeping the hedge close on your left go through two fields to a gate leading onto a farm track. Dogleg left and right into a field keeping the hedge close on your right to a stile into the next field. In a short distance you arrive at a stile on your right leading to a lane, cross over onto the lane, turn left and go ahead along the lane to Walsal End, where the lane turns sharp right, go to the left and go straight ahead in front of a group of newly built houses to a gate leading to a wooded area. Go over a stile and through the wooded area, follow a track left and right as you exit the wooded area into a cultivated field, proceed across the middle of the field to a footbridge and then across the middle of two further fields into a field where you need to keep to the edge with a hedge close on your left. In the next field keep the hedge close on your right and proceed to Oak Lane in Barston, turn right along Oak Lane to a T-junction with Barston Lane.

Walk Description: this walk starts from the gym in Hampton in Arden and is about 6.5 miles long with no hills and is easy going.

From the gym turn right down Old Station Road and walk to the end where you turn left before crossing Meriden Road and proceeding down The Crescent to a track on your right, turn down the track which takes you to a bridge over the railway. Do not cross the railway, instead turn left and take the footpath which runs alongside the railway, keep to this path passing through a kissing gate and continue along the edge of a cultivated field with the railway on your right until you reach the end of the field. Here turn right under a railway bridge and turn left on the other side, continue along Marsh Lane, a concrete road, with the railway now on your left.