Objective: take train from Bedworth to Tamworth, and cycle back along the Coventry Canal. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 8.2 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 53-59 Costs: free parking at Bedworth. Train from Bedworth to Tamworth £7.70 (1 per hour) Difficulty: fair Adjacent Rides: Coventry to Rugby,… Read More Fazeley Junction to Bedworth
Objective: Park at Wednesfield, cycle round the Wyrley & Essington Canal, Wolverhampton Level Mainline, Wednesbury Oak Loop, and Walsall Canal, back to the start point. Trip Type: solo cycle (circular ride) Distance: 24 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 9 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 2, pp 50, 51, 54, 58 Costs: free parking at Wednesfield. No trains involved as this… Read More Wyrley & Essington Canal, and Wednesbury Oak Loop
Objective: take the train from Cradley Heath to Birmingham Snow Hill. Cycle from Farmer Locks via Old turn Junction along the Birmingham Mainline and Wolverhampton Level, ticking off various loops and sections, finishing through Netherton Tunnel and Dudley No. 2 & No. 1 canals to Delph Locks. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 27 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs,… Read More Farmers Locks to Dudley
Objective: take the train from Kidderminster to Old Hill, and return along the Dudley No.2, Dudley No.1, Stourbridge, and Staffordshire & Worcester Canals, ticking off various short branches along the way. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 28 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 8.6 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 2, pp 113, 117, 132, 133, 138… Read More Halesowen to Kidderminster
Objective: take train from Rugby to Leamington Spa, and cycle back along the Grand Union and Oxford canals via Napton Junction to Rugby. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 26 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 7.4 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 119-124, 141-143 Costs: free parking at Rugby. Train from Rugby to Leamington Spa… Read More Leamington Spa to Rugby
Objective: take train from Rugby to Coventry, and cycle back along the Coventry and Oxford canals, via Hawkesbury Junction. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 8.0 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 48-49, 53, 142-147 Costs: free parking at Rugby. Train from Rugby to Coventry £5.90 (11 minutes, 3… Read More Coventry to Rugby
Objective: cycle from Broxbourne to Bishop’s Stortford along the River Stort Navigation, returning by train to Broxbourne. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 16.6 miles Time to complete: 2 hrs 20 mins 7.1 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 126-127, 134-137 Costs: free parking at Broxbourne. Train from Bishop’s Stortford to Broxbourne £8.60 (20 minutes, 4… Read More Broxbourne to Bishop’s Stortford
Objective: cycle from the River Nene end of the Northampton arm to Braunston. Trip Type: 2 cars required Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 4 hours, 6.9 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 84-92 Costs: free parking at both ends of the ride. There is no convenient train station at the Braunston end. Difficulty: hard… Read More Northampton to Braunston
The ‘London Canals’ as defined here are the Grand Union from Bulls Bridge Junction (Paddington Arm junction) to The Thames, the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union, the Regents Canal, the Hertford Canal, the Lea Navigation, the Limehouse Cut, and various bits of waterway around Stratford Marsh and the Olympic Park. Also the Thames embankment… Read More London Canals
Objective: park at Wendover, take the train to Aylesbury, cycle the Aylesbury and Wendover arms of the Grand Union via Marsworth. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 16 miles cycling Time to complete: 3 hours 20 mins cycling, 6.6 mph, plus train journey (8 minutes) Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 58-59, 62-65 Costs: free parking at… Read More Aylesbury to Wendover