Starting the Shakespeare Line
There's no official walking guide from the Birmingham City Centre Stations. Almost as though the rail network doesn't want to promote walking in the sketchy locations.
However, a fella (it's nearly always a fella) has charted his walking route on the Chiltern Line from Marylebone to Moor Street. I can steal his final legs of his journey into the City.
He utilises the only green corridor available - the Grand Union Canal. I know what to expect - roads closed in Digbeth, lots of graffiti - a lot of it very artistic, increasing piles of rubbish and barely a soul to be seen. If you do see someone, be on guard. Oddballs abound.
Five stations in one walk - Moor Street, Bordesley, Small Heath, Tyseley (where we leave the Chiltern route) and then residential streets of Acocks Green onto the final station- Spring Road.
Little to say - other than I survived to rail ramble another day.
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| Digbeth in the C21st in a Picture |
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| Re-routing around closed roads to look at Birmingham in the fog |
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| Inspirational Graffiti |
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| The Grand Union Canal - most of today's walking |
Walk Details
Distance - 5.5 miles
Geocaches - 3
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