Austin Village & Rea Valley Walkway Revisited Walk for the Public on 18 Oct

P LEASE NOTE THAT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT SHOWN ABOVE IS ONLY APPROXIMATE AND CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; IT WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS SUCH AS THE WEATHER AND THE WALKING PACE OF THE GROUP.

Join this leisurely ramble with a Birmingham Ramblers group leader and enjoy social walking with our friendly members.

It is very helpful for the walk leader to have prior knowledge of numbers that will be on this walk. We ask you to complete this very brief form to help with our planning of the walk to ensure that we can safely accommodate all who wish to join us. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form, and also a reminder of the details 2 days before the walk.

Walk leader: Brenda Cameron

This is a repeat of the walk earlier this year which proved very popular. A 4.5-mile walk starting at Kings Norton train station and finishing at Longbridge station (same line).

Meeting arrangements:

By train: Meet at Kings Norton station at 10.38 am. The 10.23 am train from Birmingham New Street and stations along the line arrives at Kings Norton at 10.38. The train from New Street usually goes from Platform 12B, but check first.

By bus: The Outer Circle bus 11A and 11C stops very close to Kings Norton Station and the 45 and 47 buses from and to the city centre stop right outside the station. Good transport connections from Longbridge where the walk finishes.

If driving: plenty of free parking on a Saturday at Kings Norton station with frequent trains back to Kings Norton from Longbridge.

Walk Description:

This is a repeat of the walk earlier this year which proved very popular. A 4.5-mile walk starting at Kings Norton train station and finishing at Longbridge station (same line). The main focus of the walk is Austin Village, a model village built by Herbert Austin of the Austin motor factory for his munitions workers in the First World War. The village comprises 200 prefabricated cedar wood bungalows shipped from the USA in 1917 and erected in a very short time. What was a temporary housing solution survives to this day and gained conservation status in the 1990s. The first part of the walk starting at Kings Norton station and follows the pleasant Rea Valley route to Longbridge; we have a short break on the route and then take a leisurely tour of the village.There are no toilet facilities on the walk but we have the option of finishing with a tea/coffee shop close by Longbridge station. Leader: Brenda Cameron.

Expressions of Interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Thursday ##2 days before the walk##. After this, please email bhamramblersenquiries@gmail.com to enquire about any late availability for the walk.

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If you later find that you are unable to join us it would be helpful if you let us know by sending an email to bhamramblersenquiries@gmail.com - this will be passed on to the walk leader and will prevent any delay to the start of the walk should the leader be waiting for you. Please note that some walks have a waiting list so tickets are NOT TRANSFERABLE; if you are unable to join us then please cancel your place to free it up for someone who may be on the waiting list rather than passing it to someone else.

General Information

This is one of several walks and activities offered by the Birmingham Ramblers. If you have found this page through a web search or other means and would like to find out more about the group then please visit the Birmingham Ramblers web site; new members are always welcome.