Josh Allen
Josh Allen
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This week's new walking route is:

Kington - Almeley

4.6 miles in the north west Herefordshire countryside to Almeley, birthplace of John Oldcastle, early 15th Century war hero, politician, baron, Lollard "heretic" and treacherous rebel

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Kington - Almeley walk
Walk from Kington in nothern Herefordshire south across gently hilly countryside to Almeley, the home village of John Oldcastle, early 15th Century war hero, rebel baron and Lollard heretic imortalise...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has been sent to subscribers

Check it out for new walking routes in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and four feature articles, and to subscribe👇

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Walk Midlands Newsletter October 2025
Features new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more
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October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Ashbourne - Ilam Park

4.9 miles in the southernmost part of the Peak District, from Derbyshire across the River Dove into Staffordshire, ending at the truly gothic Ilam Park and Hall

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Ashbourne - Ilam Park walk
Walk from the Derbyshire market town of Ashbourne to the picturesque, deeply gothic, Ilam Park in the Staffordshire Peak District situated on the River Manifold near where it joins the River Dove
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October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Youlgreave - Tideswell

13.7 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, primarily along the Limestone Way, via Monyash, Flagg and Miller's Dale

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Youlgreave - Tideswell walk
Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Youlgreave to Tideswell, taking a long route avoiding the River Wye via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Miller's Dale
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October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Bakewell - Miller's Dale

12.3 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Flagg

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Bakewell - Miller's Dale walk
Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Bakewell to Miller's Dale, taking a long route avoiding the River Wye via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Flagg
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October 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Matlock - Youlgreave

8.5 miles following the Limestone Way upon onto the Peak District limestone plateau, past Winster and Robin Hood's Stride, to the large village of Youlgreave

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Matlock - Youlgreave walk
Walk from Matlock Railway Station along the Limestone Way long distance footpath, up onto the limestone plateau, to Youlgreave a large former lead mining village, now a popular daytripping destinition
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October 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This week's new walking route:

Middle Mayfield - Thorpe

5.2 miles in the Staffordshire fringes of the Peak District, and across the River Dove into the National Park and Derbyshire's distinctive Thorpe Cloud

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Middle Mayfield - Thorpe walk
This walk from Middle Mayfield climbs up to the ridge which the Limestone Way runs along towards the Peak District National Park before crossing the River Dove to reach Thorpe and Thorpe Cloud
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October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
September 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went to subscribers this morning

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more

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Walk Midlands Newsletter September 2025
Features new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more
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September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This week's new walking route is:

Tideswell - Castleton

6.6 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District from the large village of Tideswell, to dramatically sited Castleton, where the Peak District's limestone south meets it's gritstone north

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Tideswell - Castleton walk
Walk across the northernmost part of the Peak District's limestone country to Castleton home of the imposingly sited Peveril Castle which looks out into Derbyshire's northern gritstone highlands
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September 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Glossop - Hayfield

14.4 miles in the Derbyshire gritstone high peak, following the Pennine Way along the western edge of the mountainous Kinder Scout plateau

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Glossop - Hayfield walk
Walk from Glossop Railway Station, up the Doctor's Gate Pass, to the head of Snake Pass, then up and along the western edge of Kinder Scout before descending to the village of Hayfield.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Bamford - Upper Padley

11 miles along the gritstone edges that define the eastern edge of @peakdistrict and comprise the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire

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Bamford - Grindleford walk
Walk from Bamford to Upper Padley in the Derbyshire Peak District along the gritstone edges, including Stanage Edge and Burbage Edge marking the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire
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September 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Kidsgrove - Biddulph

5.2 miles in Staffordshire, Cheshire boundary country, via Mow Cop, a village high up on a gritstone outcrop, site of the famed Mow Cop Castle

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Kidsgrove - Biddulph walk
Walk from Kidsgrove to Biddulph via Mow Cop the village in two counties (Staffordshire and Cheshire) that stands high up on a gritstone ridge overlooked by the famed Mow Cop Castle folly
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September 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
August 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is with subscribers

Ft. a focus on the Cotswolds with new walks in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, plus much more like details of free Photo Walks in Staffordshire Moorlands (some led by me)

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Walk Midlands Newsletter August 2025
Ft. new walks in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and much, much more
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August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This week's new walking route is:

Ashchurch - Pershore

12.3 miles, up and over the highly prominent Bredon Hill, the most westerly northern part of the Cotswolds National Landscape

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Ashchurch - Pershore walk
Walk from Ashchurch near Tewkesbury up and over Bredon Hill, a dramatic outlying northwestern limb of the Cotswolds in southern Worcestershire, to the historic town of Pershore on the River Avon plain
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August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This week's new walking route is:

Shipston upon Stour - Great Rollright

9.9 miles in the far south of Warwickshire, amidst the Cotswolds' hills and dales

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Shipston on Stour - Great Rollright walk
Walk across the Warwickshire Cotswolds from Shipston-upon-Stour via Cherington and Whichford. Ends at Great Rollright in Oxfordshire famed for its proximity to the Rollright Stones
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August 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

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Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/14/s...
Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...
walkmidlands.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Right now autumn seems a long way off

But on 3rd October and 1st November I am delighted GRAIN have commissioned me to lead photo walks in the beguiling Staffordshire Moorlands (at Biddulph Moor and Ilam Park respectively)

Part of a superb wider series:

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PHOTO WALKS - GRAIN
Staffordshire Moorlands A series of Artist-Led Photo Walks are taking place in locations across the Staffordshire Moorlands for people to experience and enjoy the natural environment, hear about lands...
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August 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Moreton in Marsh - Broadway

9.6 miles in the heart of the northern Cotswolds

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Moreton in Marsh - Broadway walk
Walk from Moreton in Marsh in northermost Gloucestershire, across the northwest Cotswolds to Broadway Hill in Worcestershire, which stands above the picturesque eponymous village of Broadway
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August 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
July 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is hitting subscriber's inboxes

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and Staffordshire plus much, much more including an interview with Storie's curators

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Walk Midlands Newsletter July 2025
Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire and much, much more
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July 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Cheddleton - Leek

4.9 miles in northern Staffordshire, primarily along the Caldon Canal

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Cheddleton - Leek walk
Walk from Cheddleton along the Caldon Canal to Leek, a market town on the edge of the Peak District known as "the Queen of the Moorlands"
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July 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Creswell - the Welbeck Estate

Home of the Portland and Harley art galleries

2.2 miles in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire borderlands

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Creswell - Welbeck Estate walk
Walk from Creswell in north eastern Derbyshire to the nearby Welbeck Estate just over the county boundary in Nottinghamshire. The walk from Creswell station ends at the part of the Welbeck estate wher...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Matlock - Rowsley

5.2 miles along Derbyshire's River Derwent valley on the edge of the Peak District, to Rowsley, home of the remarkable Level contemporary arts centre

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Matlock - Rowsley walk
Walk from Matlock along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to Rowsley on the edge of the Peak District National Park where The Level contemporary arts centre is tucked away celebrating the power of 'diff...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This week's new walking route is:

Oakham - Uppingham

8 miles across countryside in England's smallest county Rutland, to its smallest town, famed for its plethora of contemporary art galleries

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Oakham - Uppingham walk
Walk in south western Rutland from Oakham the county's largest town to Uppingham its smallest, which is noted for its large concentration of contemporary commercial art galleries
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July 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM