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West Midlands
Slow Ways linking Wightwick and Bridgnorth, Codsall, Wolverhampton, Wombourne
England / West Midlands / Wightwick
Wightwick’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked
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Walk to Wightwick from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Bridgnorth—Wightwick
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Briwig one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 22km/13mi | Ascent 316m | Descent 288m | ||
Codsall—Wightwick
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Codwig one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 80m | Descent 101m | ||
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Codsall—Wightwick
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Codwig two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 7km/5mi | Ascent 66m | Descent 78m | ||
Wightwick—Wolverhampton
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Wigwol one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 73m | Descent 22m | ||
Wightwick—Wolverhampton
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Wigwol two |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 16m | Descent 66m | |
Wightwick—Wolverhampton
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Wigwol three |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Wightwick—Wombourne
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Wigwom one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 70m | Descent 68m | ||
Wightwick—Wombourne
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Wigwom two |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent - | Descent - |
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Collective progress
47% of Wightwick’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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6 people have contributed to Wightwick’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Wightwick
57km out of 72km have been walked and reviewed
93km of reviews have been shared in Wightwick
Latest Updates
Beginning of walk looks a bit overgrown but gets better quickly....
Ruth
As such it is pretty flat and accessible but sadly the exit at Wombourne entails a flight of steps which makes the track exit at this point unavailable to wheelchairs, buggies etc....
Dave4
Following the route of the old South Staffs Railway it's well used, friendly and very easy to follow....
David Sanderson
David Sanderson added Wigwom two, a new walk from Wightwick to Wombourne
Walk this routeA great Slow Way in theory, but the section into Lower Penn is rather pointless as it adds 1km to what should only be a 6km route. I walked a route missing it out and will submit it as a separate Slow Way...
David Sanderson
Longer but almost all off road and on canal towpaths than the other routes between Wolverhampton and Wrightwick. If walking Wrightwick to Wolverhampton as I was the path is flat for the first half but then you turn right onto Birmingham Main Line canal and it’s all uphill with lots of locks....
Clare Mullin
Walked in reverse Wolverhampton Train station to Wrightwick. There were steps or ramps on urban bits but there is one small kissing gate (pictured) entrance to nature reserve which would be difficult with a bike and impassable in a wheelchair likewise I think this was easy to walk but is well walked soil paths which are narrow in places so would need an off road bike, not very technical but not all tarmac....
Clare Mullin
A bit fussy direction wise, so not so easy to follow without keeping a map or phone in hand. Kissing gates but no steps or stiles, so quite accessible....
David Sanderson
David Sanderson added Wigwol three, a new walk from Wightwick to Wolverhampton
Walk this routeA good concept for a Slow Way and started well from Wolverhampton but came a cropper by the Wolves Academy. The "footpath" is privately owned and gated. I walked an alternative and will post it as a separate walk...
David Sanderson
The crossing of the dual carriageway is unnecessary having arrived in Wolverhampton but isn't impossible....
David Sanderson
Philip W Davis added Wigwol two, a new walk from Wightwick to Wolverhampton
Walk this routeYou do not need to cross the ring road twice in wolverhampton, you can stick to the outside and pick up the route by the canal. Cyclists can use the signed cycle path following a disused railway line between Aldersly canal Junction and Compton to avoid a section of towpath that can be busy at times and narrow in places....
Philip W Davis
Having walked the off-road sections of the Wightwick to Wombourne route over the years I don’t think much has changed, so I have gathered some pictures together of the South Staffs Railway walk, here in the Wightwick to Wombourne direction. <a href="https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Wigwom/5669" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">beta.slowways.org/Route/Wigwom/5669</a>...
Pedro
Slow Ways added Briwig one, a new walk from Bridgnorth to Wightwick
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wigwol one, a new walk from Wightwick to Wolverhampton
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wigwom one, a new walk from Wightwick to Wombourne
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Wightwick’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SO8704798334
Lat / Lon
52.58267° / -2.19259°
Easting / Northing
387,047E / 298,334N
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