I walked this route yesterday travelling west from Stone Cross....

Steve Litchfield

The first can be described as getting to Bescot stadium, the middle section as negotiating the Motorway, the railway and the River Tame, and then finally suburbia on the route into Stone Cross....

Steve Litchfield

Another interesting Slow Ways starting from Great Barr along the busy Newton Road before going through quite streets joining the Tame Valley Canal....

Nigel Cull

Beyond the river we turn left (there is a paved path but most people take a shortcut across the grass) and follow Woden Road South to a junction where we turn right up Hyde Road then left up Chestnut Road, which points us in the right direction for the walk up to Wednesbury, where the meeting point is on the square outside the bus station....

Hugh Hudson

From West Bromwich bus station we turn right up St Michael Street and left onto High Street, which we follow out past the Town Hall and the Memorial Gardens then turn right beyond Lidl onto Shaftesbuury Street, which crosses under the busy A41 through an underpass....

Hugh Hudson

The route is safe and generally easy to follow particularly with the advice given in the reviews for navigating the section around Bescot stadium and sidings. The short section walking beside the M6 just before J9 is somewhat surreal but memorable. Overall a very enjoyable SlowWays route and very much recommended....

Paul McGill

A safe, easy to follow and enjoyable route avoiding any main roads....

Paul McGill

All routes already had a good review so I concur that they are good or adequate plots. I overshot the path from Bescot stadium because it has no footpath sign, but then it's not on the map as a footpath, it's the pedestrian station approach which has a good surface. The plot is fine but needs care to cross the River Tame, a motorway and two rail lines. A heron stood by the river side so I had to assume the Tame has fish....

Ken

All routes already had a good review so I concur that they are good or adequate plots. Stone Cross had Christmas preparations well in hand at the meeting point where a good selection of shops are on offer including the local branch of The WestBrom. A short walk, passing the 1928 HQ of the building society then onto the bus station opposite the Billiard Hall and round the corner to the meeting point close to the metro....

Ken

The route takes you through the Market Square (the clock tower was surrounded in scaffolding) and then down a busy commercial street to the site of the current market....

David Sanderson

There's no denying that this a direct no-nonsense kind of a walk between the centre of West Bromwich and one of its suburbs but it includes a section through Charlemont Cemetery which I had never visited before....

David Sanderson

The first section of the walk follows the pavement of the A4031 Walsall Road, a dual carriageway so this is not the most pleasant section of the walk. It is just as you can see the M6 and M5 interchange loom in the distance that the peaceful straight aqueduct of the Tame Valley offers you escape. The walk from there is an unusual experience as the canal crosses the Tame Valley, the tiny river unnoticed below. Having crossed the valley, the canal passes a junction for the Rushall Canal and then under the M6....

David Sanderson

The only slightly tricky section to follow is near the Bescot Stadium where you have to cross the M6, The River Tame and the railway line! Having crossed the car park as if to go to Bescot Stadium railway station you walk under the M6 and then turn right and follow the footpath. I wonder if there could be a more accessible route which runs via Tame Bridge Parkway but that's for another day....

David Sanderson

Canal can not be reached via road suggested by route (it passes under the aqueduct by some distance ) Use newer version of route which is corrected...

David Sanderson

Directs you across a bridge which is closed off next to the Bescot Stadium. Please use new version of walk...

David Sanderson