Birmingham to Burton-Upon-Trent
43.50 miles (70 km)
On this ride you will follow National Cycle routes 5 and 54 through the West Midlands in to Staffordshire. You start near Birmingham New Street Station and head west along the Birmingham Canal. You then turn north towards West Bromwich passing through Sandwell Valley Country Park with its lovely woodlands and meadows. The route continues onto Walsall where a dismantled railway line takes you onto Pelsall, crossing the Wyrley and Essington Canal. You continue north on and off road passing through Chasewater Country Park with its attractive lake.
The route then turns east along National Cycle Route 54 towards Burntwood and Lichfield before heading north towards Burton Upon Trent on a mixture of country roads and off road paths.