Heart of England Walks

Roger Noyce was born near Stratford-upon-Avon and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School. He has had several books published in the insurance world, and in 1992 won the Morgan Owen Gold Medal for his book Insurance and The Environment. Since taking early retirement, Roger has turned his literary skills to his passion for the countryside, and is now the successful author of a number of walking guides. Roger is an experienced and enthusiastic walker who frequently walks in the Peak District, the Cotswolds and the Heart of England, having walked the Cotswold and the Heart of England Ways on three separate occasions. He has walked Wainwright's Coast to Coast and has completed a 1400 mile 'Walking Way' route from Land's End to John O'Groats. Overseas, Roger has walked in the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Cevennes in France, and holds special memories of the Himalayas and the Inca Trail in Peru. Future plans include walking in Vietnam and, in the UK, Offas' Dyke Path, the Worcestershire Way and the Wychavon Way. He is Chairman of Stratford Group of the Rambler's Association.

Introduction and Background History of the Area Walking in the Heart of England About these Walks The Country Code Walk 1 The Meeting of the Canals at Etruria 31 2 miles (5.6km) Walk 2 The Wedgwood Factory Walk 3 miles (4.8km) Walk 3 Froghall Wharf to Consall Forge 51 2 miles (9km) Walk 4 Tutbury Castle and the River Dove 2 miles (3.2km) Walk 5 The Brewery Capital of the UK 3 miles (4.8km) Walk 6 Shugborough Hall and the Canals 4 miles (6.4km) Walk 7 The Telegraph Bridge at High Offley 4 miles (6.4km) Walk 8 Lichfield Cathedral Walk 41 2 miles (7.2km) Walk 9 A Cannock Chase Experience 5 miles (8km) Walk 10 Medieval Brewood and the Shropshire Canal 3 miles (4.8km) Walk 11 Magnificent Ironbridge and Benthall Hall 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 12 Bosworth Battlefield Walk 13 4 miles (2.8km) Walk 13 The Stiperstones Walk 41 2 miles (7.2km) of 7 miles (11.2km) Walk 14 Kingsbury Water Park Stroll 31 2 miles (5.6km) Walk 15 Bratch Locks and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 31 2 miles (5.6km) Walk 16 A Peatling Parva Meander 5 miles (8km) Walk 17 Long Mynd Walk 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 18 A Much Wenlock Experience 3 miles (4.8km) Walk 19 Historic Birmingham and the Canals 31 2 miles (5.6km) Walk 20 A Meriden Woodland Walk 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 21 Kinver Canal Walk 5 miles (8km) Walk 22 Stokesay Castle Visit 31 2 miles (5.6km) Walk 23 The Clent Hills Clamber 41 2 miles (7.6km) Walk 24 Baddesley Clinton Classic Walk 41 2 miles (7.2km) or 71 4 miles (11.6km) Walk 25 Ludlow Castle Countryside Walk 8 miles (12.8km) Walk 26 Brown Clee Hill Walk 71 2 miles (12km) Walk 27 Bewdley and the Wyre Forest 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 28 Lickey Hills and Waseley Country Park 5 miles (8km) Walk 29 Kenilworth Castle and Honiley 4 miles (6.4km) or 51 2 miles (8.8km) Walk 30 Braunston and the Grand Union and Oxford Canals 4 miles (6.4km) Walk 31 Henley-in-Arden and the Mount 51 4 miles (8.4km) Walk 32 Warwick Castle and the Grand Union Canal 5 miles (8km) Walk 33 Hanbury Hall Stroll 4 miles (6.4km) Walk 34 Alcester and the Coughton Court Walk 7 miles (11.2km) Walk 35 Abberley Hill Walk 41 2 miles (7.2km) Walk 36 Wilmcote and Mary Arden's House 3 miles (4.8km) Walk 37 The Arrow Valley and Ragley Hall 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 38 Shakespeare's Stratford 4 miles (6.4km) Walk 39 Fenny Compton and Farnborough Hall 10 miles (16km) Walk 40 Upton House and the Edgehill Walk 53 4 miles (9.2km) Walk 41 Mickleton and the Hidcote Manor Hill Walk 5 miles (8km) Walk 42 Pershore Abbey Walk 5 miles (8km) Walk 43 A Malvern Hills Experience 43 4 miles (7.6km) or 9 miles (14.4km) Walk 44 Chipping Campden and Dover's Hill 51 2 miles (8.8.km) Walk 45 Broadway Tower Walks 31 2 miles (5.6km) or 51 2 miles (8.8km) Walk 46 Bredon Hill Walk 41 2 miles (7.2km) or 71 2 miles (12km) Walk 47 Adlestrop and Chastleton House 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 48 Tewkesbury Abbey and the River Severn 6 miles (9.6km) Walk 49 Winchcombe and Sudeley Castle 3 miles (4.8km) or 8 miles (12.8km) Walk 50 Blenheim Palace Walk 51 2 miles (8.8km)