We are Coalville Ramblers - a friendly group based in the heart of the National Forest. We offer a programme of 3 walks each week, from 5 miles to 10 plus.
Helen C.
Join Helen on this re-visited walk starting from Middleton Hall car park and onto Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve where lakes and reed beds have been created from former gravel pits. The walk then crosses the River Tame into the Dosthill Nature reserve and past the quarry now used for Scuba Diving. After a brief coffee break the walk heads for the Coventry Canal, over the Tame Aquaduct to Fazeley Junction for Lunch. No facilities here. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal guides the walk back to Middleton Lakes via the Drayton Footbridge, built to cross the canal at Drayton Manor. Although no longer standing, the Manor was built for Sir Robert Peel, two times Prime Minister and founder of the first London Metropolitan Police Force.
No stiles and one, maybe muddy, uphill section the rest of the walk being flat.
Cafe and Toilets at Middleton Hall where the de-brief can be held as is no pub available near by.
Unfortunately dogs cannot be taken on this walk as it passes through the RSPB reserve where dogs are not allowed in one particular section
From Middleton Hall the walk goes through the RSPB and Dosthill nature reserve, along various canals, across the river Tame, through Woodland and over fields to make this an extremely varied and interesting walk
Middleton Hall Car Park. Parking is free, with a suggested donation of £3
