Hiking routes around Birmingham

2 national and international routes pass within 27 km, among them E2 hiking trail Birmingham (131 km). European long distance path E2 west passes through Birmingham: 56 sections with 4,093 km mapped in all, 94 km of them within 27 km. Grand Union Canal Walk passes through Birmingham: 7 sections with 273 km mapped in all, 37 km of them within 27 km. Monarch's Way has more of its length here than any other route: 161 km within 27 km, of 920 km in all. Most of the 200 local routes are short walks: 175 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, European Ramblers Association and Heart of England Way Assosciation.

• Monarch's WayRegional · MW161 km within 27 km · 920 km in allThe Monarch's Way Association
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections94 km within 27 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• E2 hiking trail BirminghamNational94 km within 27 km · 131 km in all
• Heart of England WayRegional94 km within 27 km · 166 km in all
• Millennium Way (Warks)Regional58 km within 27 km · 131 km in all
• Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge RingRegional · BCC54 km within 27 kmDudley Metropolitan Borough Council
• North Worcestershire PathRegional45 km within 27 km · 58 km in all
• Grand Union Canal WalkRegional · 7 sections37 km within 27 km · 273 km in all
• Beacon WayRegional37 km within 27 km · Sandwell Park Farm, Sandwell Valley Country Park to Chasewater, BurntwoodWalsall Council;Heart of England Way Assosciation
• Centenary WayRegional · CW36 km within 27 km · 159 km in all
• Staffordshire WayRegional33 km within 27 km · 153 km in allStaffordshire County Council
• The Tame Way - River RouteLocal · TW-R30 km within 27 km · High Street, Coleshill to The Tame Otter, Litchfield Road, Hopwas

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 27 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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