Barlaston & Downs Banks

Stone Group

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Overview

A well know walk around Farmland and Downs Banks

Sunday, 21 December 2025

Meeting time:: 9:30 am
Start time:: 9:45 am
Estimated finish time:: 2:00 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 10.5km / 6.5mi
Ascent:: 131.1m / 430ft
Type:: circular

Picnic Lunch

Please contact the Walk Leader if you are meeting us at the start.

We suggest passengers contribute towards the journey cost based on the Car Share Code - A=£1, B=£2, C=£3 etc.
Car Share Code: A

Meeting point

Grid reference:: SJ 90493 33426
Nearest postcode:: ST15 8NJ
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Meeting time:: 9:30 am

Stone Canalside (Scout Hut) car park, Westbridge Park - FREE

Starting point

Grid reference:: SJ 88388 39335
Nearest postcode:: ST12 9EW
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Start time:: 9:45 am

Lay by on Wedgewood Drive

Upcoming walks with Stone Group

Wheaton Aston to Bishop's Wood

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.8 miles

Wootton and the Weaver Hills

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Timbersbrook to Ruston over the Cloud

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.7 miles

.....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Hollington and Croxden Abbey

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

The Ercall

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Cannock Chase & Brocton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Ladderedge country park & Caldon Canal

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Ecton Hill circuit from Wetton Mill

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Rudyard to Horton

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Staffordshire Area AGM and Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Two Saints Way Stage 1: Lichfield to Gentleshaw

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Two Saints Way Stage 2: Gentleshaw to Cannock Chase

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Barlaston & Downs Banks

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

.....Thursday walk WANTED

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

David F Walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.75 per month

Barlaston & Downs Banks

Stone Group

Get in touch about this walk

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

Overview

Meeting point

Starting point

Upcoming walks with Stone Group

Wheaton Aston to Bishop's Wood

Wootton and the Weaver Hills

Timbersbrook to Ruston over the Cloud

.....Sunday Walk WANTED

Hollington and Croxden Abbey

The Ercall

Cannock Chase & Brocton

....Sunday Walk WANTED

.....Thursday walk WANTED

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Ladderedge country park & Caldon Canal

Ecton Hill circuit from Wetton Mill

Rudyard to Horton

Staffordshire Area AGM and Walk

Two Saints Way Stage 1: Lichfield to Gentleshaw

....Sunday Walk WANTED

.....Thursday walk WANTED

....Sunday Walk WANTED

Two Saints Way Stage 2: Gentleshaw to Cannock Chase

Barlaston & Downs Banks

.....Thursday walk WANTED

....Sunday Walk WANTED

.....Thursday walk WANTED

.....Thursday walk WANTED

.....Thursday walk WANTED

David F Walk

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

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