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National Cycle Route 5
Route Reading to Stratford upon Avon Didcot , Abingdon-on-Thames , Radley , Oxford , Banbury , Stratford upon Avon Stratford upon Avon to Birmingham Stratford upon Avon , Redditch , Bromsgrove , Birmingham This stretch of the NCR5 goes through the south of the West Midlands (region), West Midlands from Stratford-upon -Avon to Birmingham city centre. NCR5 skirts around the town centre of Stratford-upon-Avon to join the tow path of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. If you wish to cycle through the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon you can divert to National Cycle Route 41. NCR5 leaves the towpath at Wilmcote and continues by road towards Coughton, Warwickshire, Coughton, passing Coughton Court and on towards Studley, Warwickshire, Studley. The route leaves the roads and follows the trail along the River Arrow, Worcestershire, River Arrow through the Arrow Valley Country Park. The route continues on along the river until a junction with National Cycle Route 55. Re-joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the charity Sustrans who were aided by a £42.5 million National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lottery grant. However Sustrans themselves only own around 2% of the paths on the network, the rest being made of existing public highways and rights of way, and permissive paths negotiated by Sustrans with private landowners. In 2017, the Network was used for over 786 million cycling and walking trips, made by 4.4 million people. In 2020, around a quarter of the NCN was scrapped on safety grounds, leaving of signed routes. These are made up of of traffic-free paths with the remaining on-road. It uses shared use paths, Rail trail, disused railways, minor roads, canal towpaths and traffic-calmed routes in towns and cities. History The Bristol and Bath Railway Path (now part of National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cycle Route 41
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Rubery
Rubery is the name of two adjacent settlements; one a village in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, the other a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. It is from Bromsgrove town centre, and from Birmingham city centre. Rubery was built on a sandstone quarry, now known as "Rubery Cutting"/"Leach Green Quarry", parts of which can still be seen near the Rubery 'Fly-over'. Former clay mining pits, later flooded and known locally as 'The Marl Holes', now make up Callowbrook Park, which, alongside St Chads Park, is one of the two main parks in the village. Much of the urbanisation in Rubery occurred between 1960 and 1970, where suburbs replaced former farmland and historic farms such as Callowbrook Farm (formally located at the site of Callowbrook Bridge) and Gunner Lane Farm. Etymology The word "Rubery" comes from the old English word "" meaning "a rough hill", which may refer to Rubery Hill, situated on "Cоck-Hill Lane". Geography and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waseley Hills
Waseley Hills Country Park is a Country Park and Local Nature Reserve owned and managed by Worcestershire County Council's Countryside Service. It consists of rolling open hills with old hedgerows, pastures and small pockets of woodland with panoramic views over Worcestershire, England. It is just south-west of Birmingham, close to Junction 4 of the M5 Motorway, from which it is signposted. The North Worcestershire Path and Illey Way long-distance paths run through the park. The park contains the source of the River Rea. The hills form part of the watershed between the Rea valley and that of the river Salwarpe, and thus between the catchments of the rivers Trent and Severn. According to Worcestershire County Council, the elevation reaches a maximum of 998 feet (304 metres). History In 1970 the Worgan charitable trust headed by Paul Cadbury offered for sale to local councils a site that included Waseley and Windmill Hills for a country park. Hereford and Worcester Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lickey Hills
The Lickey Hills (known locally as simply ''The Lickeys'') are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, to the south-west of the centre of Birmingham near the villages of Lickey, Cofton Hackett and Barnt Green. The hills are a popular country park area and they afford panoramic views over much of the surrounding countryside. Ownership The hills had been a royal hunting reserve belonging to the Manor of Bromsgrove. Free public open access began in 1888 when Rednal Hill was bought by the Birmingham Society for the Preservation of Open Space. The Society then presented it to the City of Birmingham in trust. Pinfield Wood and Bilberry Hill were then leased at a nominal rent. Beacon Hill was bought by Edward, George and Henry Cadbury in 1907 and then given to the City of Birmingham. Cofton Hill, Lickey Warren and Pinfield Wood were bought in 1920. The final stage in restoring public access to the area was the purchase of the Rose Hill Estate from the Cadbury family in 1923. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M42 Motorway
The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the West Midlands conurbation, Birmingham metropolitan area. The section between the M40 motorway, M40 and junction 4 of the M6 motorway, M6 forms – though unsigned as such – a part of International E-road network, Euroroute European route E05, E05. Northwards beyond junction 11, the route is continued as the A42; the junctions on this section, 12–14, are numbered like a continuation of the motorway, but the road has non-motorway status from here. History Planning and construction A new motorway route from the M5 in Worcestershire to the M1 near Nottingham was announced on 19 May 1966 in Nottingham, as a cheaper scheme than to instead upgrade the A453, piecemeal. The motorway would join the M1 at Lockington, Leic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cycle Route 46
National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 46 is a Sustrans National Route that runs from Bromsgrove to Neath. Route Bromsgrove to Worcester Bromsgrove , Droitwich Spa , Worcester The route begins in Bromsgrove town centre on road before opening out onto country lanes which lead to Droitwich Spa. Here the route joins the Droitwich Canal towpath. Alternatively, here you can join National Cycle Route 45. Leaving the towpath, NCR46 then passes through residential streets, country lanes and another short section of the canal before reaching Worcester city centre and the River Severn. Worcester to Hereford Worcester , Malvern , Hereford NCR46 continues to follow the River Severn, however the connection to Hereford is still under development. There is a short section of NCR46 in Malvern, which has been changed from National Cycle Route 45. Hereford to Abergavenny Hereford , Abergavenny Leaving Hereford the route takes country lanes, branching before Kentchurch onto the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redditch Railway Station
Redditch railway station serves the town of Redditch, North Worcestershire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Cross-City Line south of . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Redditch station sits at the end of a single track branch line from which forms part of the Cross-City Line. The line used to continue south to Ashchurch and also Evesham but this was closed in the 1960s. History In July 1858 the Redditch Railway Act authorised a line to link Redditch with the Midland Railway's Birmingham and Gloucester line at . The Redditch Railway opened on 18 September 1859 but was operated from the start by the Midland Railway. In 1868 the Evesham and Redditch Railway built a line south from Redditch through to a junction at . There were intermediate stations between Redditch and Evesham at , , , , (for the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway), Salford Priors, and Harvington. British Railways (BR) closed the line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cycle Route 55
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Book Store, a bookstore and office supplies chain in the Philippines * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900–1924 * National Radio Company, Malden, Massachusetts, USA 1914–1991 * National S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow Valley Country Park
Arrow Valley Country Park (also known as Arrow Valley Park) is a country park on the River Arrow, at Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Built by Redditch Development Corporation in the 1970s. It has of public open space and incorporates the Arrow Valley Lake, popular for dinghy sailing, fishing and birdwatching. The lake is home to Redditch Sailing Club (racing up to boats). The park was recognised with a Civic Trust Green Flag Award The Green Flag Award is an international accreditation given to publicly accessible parks and open spaces, managed under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, a UK Government department, by Keep Britain Tidy, ... in 2005. A visitor centre, including the Boathouse Cafe (access off the B4497, Battens Drive) was opened in 2001 and is open every day. External linksThe Countryside Centre at AVCP Country parks in Worcestershire Redditch {{Worcestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Arrow, Worcestershire
The River Arrow is a tributary of the River Avon and flows through Worcestershire and Warwickshire in the English Midlands. Course The Arrow rises on Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills Country Park in the Lickey Hills in the north of Worcestershire, and heads generally southeastwards to become a major tributary of the River Avon. The river flows through Cofton Hackett, it then feeds Lower Bittell Reservoir and flows through Alvechurch before reaching the Arrow Valley Country Park in Redditch. At the eastern boundary of Redditch the river enters Warwickshire and flows through the river meadows at Studley, and then on through Spernall and past Coughton Court, a National Trust property, where it is forded by a minor road, Coughton Fields Lane. The Arrow then flows through the small market town of Alcester and is joined by its largest tributary the River Alne. The river continues south through the village of Arrow where it still drives the waterwheel at the convert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studley, Warwickshire
Studley is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Situated on the western edge of Warwickshire near the border with Worcestershire, it is southeast of Redditch and northwest of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Roman road of Ryknild Street, now the A435, passes through the village on its eastern edge, parallel to the River Arrow. The name derives from the Old English leah, being a meadow or pasture, where horses, stod, are kept. The United Kingdom Census 2021 reported Studley's population as being 6,040. History The manor of Studley is recorded twice in the ''Domesday Book'' mostly as part of the lands of William son of Courbucion; who was appointed Sheriff of Warwick soon after 1086; where it reads: A further holding is listed as part of the land of William Bonavallet: In the medieval period it was the site of a castle, the old castle was located just north of what is now St Mary's Church, and was possibly built arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
