🥾 Walking route
Leasowes & Coombeswood Countryside Walk
West Midlands
- 📏 4.5 km · 2.8 mi
- ⛰ +143 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 15 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.5 km · 2.8 mi
- Elevation+143 m
- Duration1 hr 15 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainWoodland paths, parkland trails and short climbs; mostly good surfaces with some gentle gradients
- Best seasonSpring for bluebells in the ancient woodland; pleasant year-round
- DogsDog-friendly; keep on lead near water and wildlife areas
About this walk
This gentle circular walk of around 4.5 km explores two of the Black Country's best-loved green spaces, The Leasowes and Coombeswood, starting and finishing at Lapal. Setting off, the route soon reaches the Boating Pool before winding into Heywood Bridge Wood, an area of ancient woodland where mature trees shade the path.
From here you follow the landscaped water features past the Low Cascade and on through Hollies Wood, another pocket of ancient woodland. The path climbs gently towards Mucklow Hill before descending to Hawne Basin, a quiet inland waterway spot, and the peaceful Memorial Orchard on the way back to Lapal.
With roughly 143 m of ascent spread over the loop, it is an easy outing of about an hour and a quarter. Nearby highlights worth extending the day for include the Reservoir Pool, the Heart Shaped Pool, the Coombswood Valley and Bromsgrove Road Cutting Black Country Geosites, and the towpath of the Dudley No.2 Canal.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
8 waypoints along the way
- 1
Lapal (start and finish)
- Start / finish
Start and finish of this circular route.
- 2
Boating Pool
- 3
Heywood Bridge Wood (Ancient Woodland)
- 4
Low Cascade
- 5
Hollies Wood (Ancient Woodland)
- 6
Mucklow Hill
- 7
Hawne Basin
- 8
Memorial Orchard
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Reservoir Pool
~190 m off the route
Heart Shaped Pool
~206 m off the route
Coombswood Valley Black Country Geosite
~303 m off the route
Dudley No.2 Canal
~405 m off the route
Bromsgrove Road Cutting Black Country Geosite
~468 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).