The North Worcestershire Path is a waymarked long-distance trail within the

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Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

in England. It runs from

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to Major's Green, Birmingham.

The route

The North Worcestershire Path begins at the

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, also the starting point for the

Worcestershire Way The Worcestershire Way is a waymarked long-distance trail within the county of Worcestershire, England. It runs from Bewdley to Great Malvern. History When launched back in 1989 the Worcestershire Way was long and ran partly into Herefords ...

. Running north along the

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to Eymore Wood near to the Trimpley Reservoirs, the route then heads east to Kingsford Country Park and

Kinver Edge Kinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, about four miles west of Stourbridge, and four miles north of Kidderminster, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England. It is now owned by th ...

near the Staffordshire Way, before continuing east towards the

Clent Hills The Clent Hills lie south-west of Birmingham city centre in Clent, Worcestershire, England. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen, both in the West Midlands conurbation (and also historically in Worcestershire). The Clent Hills rang ...

. From the Clent Hills the route goes south to the densely wooded

Lickey Hills The Lickey Hills (known locally as simply ''The Lickeys'') are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, to the south-west of the centre of Birmingham near the villages of Lickey, Cofton Hackett and Barnt Green. The hills are a popular countr ...

, where it winds up through Scots Pine and native woodland past a visitor's centre. From the Lickey Hills the route winds roughly northeast, finishing in Major's Green.

References

External links

Info from Worcestershire County Council
Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub