We are the City of Birmingham Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
WALK DESCRIPTION: 5 miles linear. We start the walk with a stroll through the very pleasantly landscaped grounds surrounding the dental hospital and then cross Pershore Road and enter Cannon Hill Park and the Leisure Gardens. We soon follow the river Rea and a short canal section to Kings Norton Park passing a pretty hump-backed bridge. We cross the park along a beautiful avenue of beech trees which now should be showing some autumn colour. We follow an enclosed path into Kings Norton Nature Reserve and stop for a view across Merecroft Pool, a surprisingly large body of water originally constructed to feed local canals - a rush-lined pool with some good birdlife on the water. This part of the path is one-way so we partly retrace our steps to exit the reserve and then a small path to Pershore Road for the 45 bus for Pebble Mill Road and the city centre. If you wish to get back onto Bristol Road where we started the walk it is a 5-10minute walk up Pebble Mill Road. Or for anyone fancying refreshments at the end of the walk Wetherspoons at Kings Norton is just a few minutes away from the finish.
Please book a place on this walk – use the Eventbrite link above.
Meet on Bristol Road at the junction with Pebble Mill Road at 10.45 am (nearest postcode B5 7SL). From the city centre by bus - Buses 63 and 61 Bus Stop NS3 outside New Street Station. It is approximately a 15–20-minute journey to Pebble Mill Road.
The walk finishes at Pershore Road near the Co-operative shop and the no. 45 bus stop.
