Shustoke

This walk from The Plough Inn, Shustoke, B46 2AN was led by Colin & Jane Niblock on 24 Nov2024 in wet and quite windy weather. The route goes through North Warwickshire countryside around Shustoke Reservoirs. This route is liable to have muddy stretches in wet winter months. 

The walk was followed by an excellent Sunday lunch in the pub!

Angus and Tracey led a hike of around 7.5 miles (3+ hours) starting at 9:30am on Sat 2 Nov from The Griffin Inn, Church Rd, Shustoke, Coleshill B46 2LB (Google Maps). 

The walk exits the rear of the pub in the direction of the Shustoke Reservoirs before heading north, crossing the railway line and picking up some minor paths through Botts Green and Nether Whitacre then returning to Shustoke via the Heart of England Way. 

If you do this walk, please park at the far end of the car park from the pub.

An Amble of 4.7 miles (7.6km) from The Plough Inn, Shustoke, B46 2AN led by Jane on Sat 3 Feb 2024. The walk has minimal gradients and no stiles and is an enhanced circuit of the reservoir with a detour to Hoggrill's End.

This walk from The Griffin Inn, Church Road, Shustoke, B46 2LB (Google Maps) on Sat 9 April was led by Evan Grant. 

The route is a circuit of just over 10 miles on footpaths and quiet roads heading first to Maxstoke, and then to Coleshill before skirting Shustoke on the way back to The Griffin at Church End.

The Griffin has a large car park; please park at the far end from the pub. We had an excellent lucnh there after our walk.

This walk on Saturday 5th June started at 9.30am from the Griffin Inn at Shustoke, B46 2LB (Google Maps) and was led by Angus Mills. The route is about 8.5 miles long taking in a wide variety of Warwickshire countryside. It starts by skirting Shustoke reservoir before heading south to Dumble Wood where it picks up the Heart of England Way to Parsons Wood before returning to the Griffin Inn via the disused Daw Mill Colliery. For those who wear shorts at this time of year, please note that there is a section of about 400 metres after leaving Daw Mill Colliery which is a little overgrown with a good helping of nettles: our legs were left tingling a little after the recce. The Griffin Inn has an excellent and large beer garden with great views, has a choice of 8-10 real ales and serves great food.

This walk of 8.7 miles (14 km) from the The Griffin Inn, Church Rd, Shustoke, Coleshill B46 2LB (Google Maps) through rural North Warwickshire follows a loop north to Foul End then back past the Shustoke Reservoirs to The Griffin. Some stretches are on quiet country roads but for the most part this walk is on footpaths through fields. When we walked this route, we left from the far end of the car park at The Griffin over a stile into the neighbouring field, then walked along the edge of the field, following the hedge beside the B4114. This short section is not marked as a footpath on the map, though had clearly used been used as one when we were there. The alternative is to leave the car park by the car entrance and walk down the B4114, but please take great care as the B4114 is a narrow, busy road with no pavement or footpath.

The walk will start from Shustoke Reservoir car park, B46-2BE, at 9.00am. and is about 9 miles in length, however there is a 4.5 mile version for anyone requiring a shorter distance.

From the car park the walk proceeds round the west and north sides of the reservoir to join with the Heart of England Way which is followed south to Dumble Wood. Anybody walking the shorter distance will leave the main walk here and head back in a north westerly direction to Shustoke via Hall Farm. The main walk continues to follow the Heart of England Way heading east and south east to High House Farm where it leaves the HoE way and proceeds south west to Broadmoor Wood. Here it turns north west and north back to Dumble Wood and thence back to Shustoke via Hall Farm.