We are the City of Birmingham Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
From the visitor centre we follow the “Rabbit Trail” one of the routes on Waseley Hill. Some easy uphill to start enjoying the views then downhill using a cut staircase into a lovely cup-shaped open valley. We soon arrive at Sedgbourne Coppice and take a slow walk through this wooded area to – if the timing is right! – enjoy the sight and fragrance of bluebells which certainly in the past few years have been plentiful in the coppice. As said, we walk along slowly with opportunities to take photos or just to savour the sight and scents. We leave the coppice behind for another easy ascent to the topographic point marking the top of the hill where we can pause and identify features near and far. We turn back now on a different part of the ridge giving us extensive views to the west as we walk along this flat track. Next is more woodland then open country again still enjoying beautiful views west. At some point on the walk we will have a short break. We circle round the end of the hill and our final short ascent then a slowly descending track north-east brings us to the source of the River Rea – a small fenced off scrubby area but we may just see a puddle among the scrub where the Rea begins! A stroll back to the visitor centre completes the walk then it’s time for drinks and snacks. Distance of walk: 3.25miles. Total ascent over whole walk 350 feet. Walk leader Brenda Cameron.
Please book a place on this walk – use the Eventcube link above
JOINING INSTRUCTIONS: If driving: meet at Waseley Hills Visitor Centre (B45 9AT) at 11.00 am. Parking charge £3 at the centre’s carpark. Or some roadside parking alongside. By public transport: From the city centre by bus - Bus 63 at 9.32 am from stop NS3 outside New Street Station on Smallbrook Ringway. There is another bus at 9.44 am. It is approximately a 50-minute journey to the junction of Boleyn Road and Crompton Road, Rubery. Please alight at this stop where the walk leader will meet bus passengers and walk with them to the visitor centre (15-20mins) to join the rest of the party. For the return journey the leader will walk with passengers back to the bus stop.
