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WALK DESCRIPTION: This is a repeat of the walk earlier this year which proved very popular. A 4.5-mile walk starting at Kings Norton train station and finishing at Longbridge station (same line). The main focus of the walk is Austin Village, a model village built by Herbert Austin of the Austin motor factory for his munitions workers in the First World War. The village comprises 200 prefabricated cedar wood bungalows shipped from the USA in 1917 and erected in a very short time. What was a temporary housing solution survives to this day and gained conservation status in the 1990s. The first part of the walk starting at Kings Norton station follows the pleasant Rea Valley route to Longbridge; we have a short break on the route and then take a leisurely tour of the village. There are no toilet facilities on the walk but we have the option of finishing with a tea/coffee shop close by Longbridge station. Leader: Brenda Cameron.
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JOINING INSTRUCTIONS: By train: Meet at Kings Norton station at 10.38 am. The 10.23 am train from Birmingham New Street and stations along the line arrives at Kings Norton at 10.38. The train from New Street usually goes from Platform 12B, but check first. By bus: The Outer Circle bus 11A and 11C stops very close to Kings Norton Station and the 45 and 47 buses from and to the city centre stop right outside the station. Good transport connections from Longbridge where the walk finishes. If driving: plenty of free parking on a Saturday at Kings Norton station with frequent trains back to Kings Norton from Longbridge.
JOINING INSTRUCTIONS: By train: Meet at Kings Norton station at 10.38 am. The 10.23 am train from Birmingham New Street and stations along the line arrives at Kings Norton at 10.38. The train from New Street usually goes from Platform 12B, but check first. By bus: The Outer Circle bus 11A and 11C stops very close to Kings Norton Station and the 45 and 47 buses from and to the city centre stop right outside the station. Good transport connections from Longbridge where the walk finishes. If driving: plenty of free parking on a Saturday at Kings Norton station with frequent trains back to Kings Norton from Longbridge.
