Starting off from Wednesbury you walk through the side streets with repair shops onto the main road before entering residential area and then a series of footpaths lead you eventually to the Metro Station at Black Lake. You follow the Metro Line along footpaths with the Trams passing you every 10 minutes for company before coming into West Bromwich. Another good Slow Ways easy to follow....

Nigel Cull

A good Slow Ways direct and easy to follow. On pavements and greenways with views in places....

Nigel Cull

It's a fairly good route which does its best to avoid the busy roads where possible. Although it's a relatively short route at just under 4 miles, there is a great little pub just 100m from the route I can recommend....

Steve Litchfield

Not much to add to the reviews already here, apart from there was sadly a bit of fly tipping around when I did the walk, but it generally felt safe and it tries to avoid the main roads and uses cut-throughs/alleyways where possible. Can still be recommended....

Steve Litchfield

When I was plotting the route before setting off I saw the off-road section and thought that looks like a good route. Unfortunately, it's this off-road section directly after the Gospel Oak Road up to the canal which is responsible for it's lowly one star rating. Upon reaching the Gospel Oak Road, the sun reflected off a million pieces of broken glass on the footpath ahead. The final section of the off-road section just before the rail tacks was awash with quad bikers and scramble bikers....

Steve Litchfield

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

Steve Litchfield

Dropping back down no help to cross the next road but no issue then it's straight along a quiet road which has the advantage of open space over the fence and a strip of grass to add distance from any traffic....

Ken

We then go down residential streets past the two churches, cross Manor House Road and head up Old Park Road....

Hugh Hudson

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

Once you reach the junction of Wallows Lane and Bescot Road it is more or less a straight road into Wednesbury. Just to point out, when passing under the M6 at Junction 9, there is a small downward ramp on your left which takes you under the M6 and brings you out the other side, this is easier and safer than crossing the road....

Jack Finch

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

Paul McGill

The beginning of the route along the side streets out of Wednesbury and the end of the route along the canal into Walsall are the most pleasant parts with the middle section crossing the motorway being very busy and noisy....

Paul McGill

There are a set of steps from the towpath to the footpath into Bilston which can not be avoided without a major change in the route so it's not wheelchair friendly....

David Sanderson

At the back of said Asda in Gospel Oak, you get some views of the towns to the south....

David Sanderson

At SO 9725 9430 the footpath has been fenced off and the route simply can not be followed without a diversion. I have submitted the route I followed as Coswed 2....

David Sanderson

As you pass under the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Railway line you come out on to the Birmingham Canal which you follow for a very short stretch to the meeting place at Tipton Railway Station....

David Sanderson

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

To get to the meeting place you have to follow the ramp on the other side of the path or continue on to West Bromwich Central Metro Station, which would be my preference....

David Sanderson

The route runs as far as West Bromwich Central where the road level is only slightly higher than the Metro line....

David Sanderson

I was reminded at the weekend about the need to include interesting places on a Slow Way of you can, so sending it past St Bartholemew's Church and through the churchyard was a mark of genius....

David Sanderson

My preference is for the Wednesbury end but that is because, it turns out, that the Darlaston meeting place is in a slightly strange spot and the route bypasses or doesn't reach Darlaston's best features....

David Sanderson

Having left the main shopping street, past the New Art Gallery you join the Walsall Canal. As you reach a Sikh temple, you leave the canal and follow the main road. Arrival in Wednesbury doesn't change much until you leave the main road to join a side road....

David Sanderson

This was a fun local walk - its certainly not picturesque but we enjoyed walking a route we would so often drive, noticing all the small details of the canal and the industrial estate cafes. This route follows the tram line most of the way which is easy to follow without having to keep referring back to the map. It was fairly flat and easily accessible, apart from one section which changed from pavement to grass with a rough break in the path....

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