13 beautiful park walks in Solihull. get walking

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1 beautiful ark walks in Solihull get walking

2 This booklet outlines routes in Solihull that exlore the areas in and around the local arks. Walking is an excellent way to achieve your recommended amount of hysical activity as it is free and you don t need any secial equiment! Suitable for anyone, you can go walking anywhere and at any time, and you can start slowly and gradually increase distance and time. You should aim to walk briskly to gain the most health benefits, such as; reducing blood ressure, reducing stress, managing your weight, and making you feel good. Brisk walking should leave you breathing a little faster (but still able to hold a conversation), feeling a little bit warmer, and your heart beating more quickly. Walking is an excellent way to imrove and maintain a healthy lifestyle, so why not walk one of these routes in your local area? The mas within are reroduced from the Ordnance Survey material with the ermission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office. Crown coyright. Unauthorised reroduction infringes Crown coyright and may lead to rosecution or civil roceedings. Solihull Metroolitan Borough Council

3 How much hysical activity should you do? Recent guidelines by the Chief Medical Officers recommend the following levels of activity Under-fives 80 minutes each day, once a child is able to walk Children and young eole (5-8 year olds) 60 minutes and u to several hours every day of moderate to vigorous intensity hysical activity Adults (9-64 years old) and older eole (65+) 50 minutes each week of moderate to vigorous intensity hysical activity (and adults should aim to do some hysical activity every day) A brisk walk counts as moderate intensity hysical activity, so get walking to achieve your recommended amount! Would you like to take u some gentle exercise and meet new eole? The Ste into Solihull Project rovides a rogramme of health walks throughout the borough. We have 0 regular walks in the borough led by our volunteer walk leaders. All age grous are welcome, even little ones in ushchairs. The routes used are mostly flat, even and accessible to all articiants regardless of hysical ability. The walks usually last for an hour, although most offer a shorter, slower alternative. Ste into Solihull also rovides other gentle exercise sessions for older adults, which include, Extend, Dance, and Tai Chi. For more information visit:

4 A47 M6 BABBS MILL COLEBANK MALVERN & BRUETON MERIDEN ELMDON A45 Marston Green Bickenhill M6 M4 A45 LAVENDER HALL Meriden SHIRLEY Olton A4 Catherine de-barnes Hamton -in-arden HILLFIELD 9 Shirley Dickens Heath A4 0 SOLIHULL TOWN CENTRE Knowle A44 River Bl ythe Balsall Common A400 M4 6 DORRIDGE KNOWLE Chadwick End beautiful walks in Solihull: Ed s Walk, Babb s Mill Park Babb s Mill Park & Lake Bluebell Loo, Meriden Park 4 Meriden Park 5 Cole Bank Loo, Cole Bank Park 6 Dorridge Park & Wood 7 Elmdon Park 8 Elmdon Nature Park 9 Shirley Park 0 Hillfield Park Malvern & Brueton Park Lavender Hall Park Knowle Park

5 KENDRICK A VE 4 YORKS WOOD DUNTON ROAD KINGSHURST WAY 5 FORDBRIDGE ROAD BABB S MILL COTTAGE 6 BABB S MILL LAKE Route Ed s Walk, Babb s Mill Park B7 6LN Distance: miles (4800 stes) Arox time: minutes Starting at the car ark off Fordbridge Road, facing the lake, follow the ath to the right. Go through the kissing gate and turn right, going left through the next kissing gate to enter Yorks Wood. Follow the ath keeing to the outskirts of the woods, crossing the small wooden bridge and continuing to the ond. At the ond turn left. Follow the ath, crossing another small wooden bridge, and continue on the outer ath. 4 When the ath slits, follow the narrower ath straight ahead and continue to walk through the large area of old allotments. 5 Bear left with the ath, turning right, then right again. Go through the kissing gate, continue left, crossing a wooden bridge, going straight across the grassed area. At the next kissing gate turn right and continue to walk ast Babb s Mill Cottage. Follow the ath around the lake. 6 Turn left to cross over the lake, and follow the ath to the left back to the car ark.

6 KENDRICK AVE YORK S WOOD DUNTON ROAD KINGFISHER WAY BABB S MILL COTTAGE 4 BABB S MILL LAKE FORDBRIDGE ROAD EILEEN GARDENS COOKS LANE Route Babb s Mill Park & Lake B7 6LN Distance: miles (4800 stes) Arox time: minutes Starting at the first car ark off Fordbridge Road, follow the ath to the left. Follow the ath u to Cooks Lane, turning right, over the bridge turn right again and rejoin the ath on the other side. Continue on the ath alongside the river and the lake. At Babb s Mill Cottage cross over the bridge and join the track. 4 Continue on the ath which goes to the right around the lake. Why not sto and feed the ducks at the new icnic area, near the skate ark? Follow the ath back round to the car ark.

7 CONWAY ROAD COOKS LANE 4 FORTH DRIVE H ADFIELD WAY RIVER COLE 5 CHELMSLEY ROAD MERIDEN MOOREND AVENUE Route Bluebell Loo, Meriden Park B7 5SH Distance: ¼ miles (000 stes) Arox time: 5 minutes Starting at the car ark off Moorend Avenue, follow the ath with the skate ark on the right-hand side. Cross the bridge over the Lake, and continue on the ath which forks to the right. Turn left and continue to walk alongside the River Cole. 4 Follow the ath, taking a right onto Cooks Lane, turn right again at Forth Drive and walk along the ath. 5 Take the ath right to go over the bridge, and follow the ath back to the car ark.

8 FORTH DRIVE CHESTER ROAD CONWAY ROAD RIVER COLE 4 CHELMSLEY ROAD MERIDEN MOOREND AVENUE Route 4 Meriden Park B7 5SH Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Route is signosted. Starting at the car ark off Moorend Avenue, at the notice board, follow the ath to the left. Follow the ath along the lake edge and u the stes, turning right onto Chelmsley Road. Turn right again to rejoin the ath on the other side of the lake, continue straight. After crossing the footbridge, continue on the ath leading to the right to go ast the small lay area. 4 Walk u the sloe on the left handside, turning right onto Moorend Avenue, rejoining the ath on the other side of the river. Follow the ath back round continuing down to the car ark.

9 STEPPING STONES M6 MOTORWAY COLE BANK CHESTER ROAD PARTRIDGE CLOSE RIVER COLE BUSHBERRY CROFT Route 5 Cole Bank Loo, Cole Bank Park B7 6RH Distance: ¾ mile (800 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Starting on the ath by the lay area off Bushberry Croft, continue u the sloe, turning right to walk along Chester Road. Turn right back into Cole Bank Park, down the sloe and bear left along the River Cole. Cross the river using the steing stones, and continue right on the ath. Kee walking until back to the lay area. Please note that some of this route takes lace on grass and will become sliy and muddy when wet. Due to the steing stones and uneven ground, this route would be unsuitable for wheelchairs and ushchairs.

10 ARDEN ROAD 5 6 ARDEN DR FIELDS LANE DORRIDGE WOOD 4 BRIDGE DORRIDGE WINDMILL LANE MILL POOL LANE Route 6 Dorridge Park & Wood B9 8LJ Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Route is signosted. Starting at the car ark off Arden Road, go right towards the layground. Follow the ath ast the lay area turn left on the gravel ath before the stream. Walking onto the grass, continue around the edge of the ark keeing the stream to the right. Continue on the grass, walking around the edges of the ark on the inside of the trees, re-joining the ath along the edge of the woods. 4 At the way marker, follow the ath through the woods, sticking to the marked ath. 5 Taking a left, continue on the ath along the outskirts of the woods, keeing the meadow to your right. 5 Take a right to re-join the main ath walking through the avenue of trees and car ark.

11 TANHOUSE FARM RD ELMDON ROAD 4 5 ELMDON LAKE SCRAPE Route 7 Elmdon Park B9 9EY Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Route is signosted. Starting at the car ark on Tanhouse Farm Road, follow the ath ast the notice board and towards the lake. At the Owl Sculture, take the ath to the right and continue around the lake. Cross the little bridge, staying on the ath with the lake on the left and the Scrae on the right. 4 At the fingerost, continue right u to the hill. 5 Take the ath to the left, continue until leaving the Nature Park and returning to the car ark.

12 COVENTRY ROAD POND 4 ELMDON NATURE THE GRANGE ST NICHOLAS CHURCH Route 8 Elmdon Nature Park B9 PP Distance: ½ mile (600 stes) Arox time: 5-40 minutes Starting at the car ark off Damson Parkway, facing the ark, follow the ath to the right. Continue ast The Grange until reaching the Nature Park. On entering the Nature Park through the gate, follow the ath round to the right. Continue straight * Taking the ath to the left will make a shorter route back to the kissing gate. 4 Take the ath to the left, continue until leaving the Nature Park and returning to the car ark.

13 HASLUCKS GREEN ROAD HASLUCKS CROFT 5 ROSE GARDEN STRATFORD ROAD HURDIS RD SHIRLEY 4 GRENVILLE ROAD Route 9 Shirley Park B90 BD Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Route is signosted. Entering the ark from Stratford Road, turn left ast the utting green. Continue ast the tennis courts until you reach the end of the ath. Coming out of the ark, continue straight down the footath on Grenville Road, turning right onto the ath onto Hurdis Road. 4 Re-enter the ark through the entrance on Hurdis Road. 5 Follow the ath around the rose garden to walk through the ergola and back to the entrance of the ark.

14 BRICK KILN RD WIDNEY LANE MONKSPATH BUSINESS TYRE ZIP WIRE HILLFIELD MONKSPATH HALL ROAD Route 0 Hillfield Park B9 LU Distance: ¾ miles (400 stes) Arox time: minutes Starting at the car ark off Brick Kiln Road, follow the ath into Hillfield Park. Continue by taking the ath right and assing by the lay area towards the lake. On reaching the lake, take the ath round to the left. Follow the ath all the way around and walk back along the ath back to the car ark.

15 ROAD NEW ROSE GARDEN AVENUE MALVERN WARWICK ROAD BRUETON AVENUE BLYTHE WAY WARWICK ROAD SOLIHULL SIXTH FORM COLLEGE BRUETON RIDGE CENTRE Route Malvern & Brueton Park B9 HA Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Starting at the Parkridge Centre in Brueton Park, follow the ath towards Malvern Park. As the ath forks, take the left-hand ath and continue ast the tennis courts. At the to of the ark, take the ath right ast the lay area and rose garden. Follow the ath back to the Parkridge Centre.

16 LAVENDER HALL LANE THE CROFT KENILWORTH ROAD LAVENDER HALL Route Lavender Hall Park CV7 7BN Distance: mile (400 stes) Arox time: 5-0 minutes Starting at the car ark off Lavender Hall Lane, follow the ath into the ark. When the ath forks, follow the ath to the left, continuing right back into the ark when reaching the housing estate. Follow the ath which loos around the end of the ark, ast the ond, and continue straight back to the car ark.

17 LONGDON ROAD LODGE ROAD KNOWLE FITNESS TRAIL Route Knowle Park B9 9HT Distance: ½ mile (00 stes) Starting at the car ark off Longdon Road, simly follow the ath around the ark. This route is only 0.5 miles long so to comlete the mile do the route twice.

18 Walk4Life The Walk4Life roject is art of the Change4Life rogramme, which aims to deliver,0 waymarked one mile walking routes in local communities, as well as rovide a unique online database of short walks. At the heart of the roject is a brand new website where eole can find walking routes or create their own, record their walking activity, find local events, join grous and challenge themselves and others to walk more. For more information: see GREEN FLAG S The Walk4Life routes are within Solihull Council s seven Green Flag Parks. Awarded by Kee Britain Tidy, the flags are seen as the gold standard for ublic saces that are welcoming, safe and well maintained. The flags are also seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve high environmental standards, setting a benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas. Parks are judged against eight criteria which cover everything from access through to sustainability and marketing.

19 SOLIHULL NEIGHBOURHOOD RANGER SERVICE Caring for our Parks The Neighbourhood Rangers have been in oeration since 00 and are an enthusiastic team of nature and community minded individuals set u to develo the relationshi between the arks and the eole of Solihull. The Ranger team maintains 7 rincial arks in the borough as well as more than 00 oen saces, including woodlands and Local Nature Reserves. They are focused on building strong links with the community, involving local eole in the management of their green saces and working with schools to hel educate young eole about their local environment. For more information lease contact your Neighbourhood Ranger Service on or arkrangers@solihull.gov.uk SOLIHULL DISCOVERY WALKS Solihull Discovery Walks aim to bring together a wide range of eole who enjoy natural history, local history and of course, walking. Their aim is to learn something new, meet new friends and to enjoy discovering what an amazing area we live in. Solihull Discovery Walks take lace on the third Wednesday of every month and last for aroximately three hours. All walks start and finish at individual meeting oints. A small donation of.00 er erson is collected each time but some walks, which include laces such as gardens, museums etc, will incur an extra charge. For further information and to register, call the Membershi Secretary on or visit: solihulldiscoverywalks

20 SolihullActive is your one-sto-sho for sort and hysical activity in Solihull, and romotes active and healthy lifestyles, rofiles local roviders of sort and hysical activity and highlights events which are taking lace. Our website details 00 local roviders and over 50 regular local activities, including archery, golf, kayaking, yoga, zumba and many more. Get online and find your erfect activity! Find us on Facebook solihullactive