Josh Allen

I am walking across West Midlands county and writing a book about it, and the people that I speak to along the way New personal project, stemming from Walk Midlands, details: walkmidlands.co.uk/2024/01/16/wal…

This week's new walking route is: Wombourne - Sedgley 3.7 miles in the south west Staffordshire countryside, via Penn Common, to Sedgley, a Black Country town atop the Midlands Watershed Ridge Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/03/20/wom…

This week's new walking route is: Stone - Stafford 9.1 miles through the mid-Staffordshire countryside, and across Stafford Common, a large rare surviving example of town common land, still partially used for grazing animals Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/03/12/sto…

This week's new walking route is: Walsall - Cannock 9.8 miles via Pelsall's two commons, Pelsall Common and Pelsall North Common, exceptionally rare survivals of common land on the edge of West Midlands county Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/03/05/wal…

This week's new walking route is: Oldbury - Kitwell 7.2 miles from the heart of the Black Country, along the Midlands Watershed Ridge, to the Kit's Well the start only tributary of the River Severn beginning in Birmingham Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/26/old…

This week's new walking route is: Dudley - Oldbury 3.7 miles in the heart of the Black Country along the entire length of the Rowley Hills, the tallest hills in West Midlands county and part of the Midlands Watershed Ridge Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/19/old…

This week's new walking route: Sedgley - Dudley 3.2 miles through the urban landscape in the heart of the Black Country, consistently at over 200 metres above sea level along the Midlands Watershed Ridge Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/13/sed…

Pleased that my short essay about a walk from Halesowen up and over the Clent Hills, has been published in the new @FloodgatePress flash e-anthology "The Middle of Everywhere" is available from their website for 99p floodgatepress.co.uk/the-middle-of-…

This week's new walking route: Goldthorn Park - Sedgley 2.5 miles in the north west Black Country, up and along the Midlands Watershed Ridge, to the summit of Sedgley Beacon, West Midlands county's tallest hill outside the Rowley Hills Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/05/gol…

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has now gone out to subscribers Ft. new walks in West Midlands and Worcestershire, as well as a Q&A interview with @FloodgatePress Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midland…

This week's new walking route is: Bartley Green - Frankley 3.5 miles via Frankley Beeches' summit walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/29/bar…

This week's new walking route: Tame Bridge - Aldridge 6.9 miles from the heart of the Black Country to the town of Aldridge via Barr Beacon the 228 metre above sea level tallest hill in northern West Midlands county Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/22/tam…

This week's new walking route is: Halesowen - Hagley 8 miles from the Black Country, out to Clent village nestled beneath the Clent Hills in northern Worcestershire Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/15/hal…

This week's new walking route is: Dudley - Gornal 4 miles via Barrow Hill. Not Dudley's tallest hill, but at the heart of a nature reserve, a wealth of industrial heritage, and one of its most interesting Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/08/dud…

This week's new walking route is: Wolverhampton - Bushbury Hill 3.9 miles through greenspaces in suburban Wolverhampton, to a high ridge on the edge of the city with superb views to its south and west Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/01/02/wol…

Which day walks doable without a car somewhere in the English Midlands were most popular this year? Find out by checking out "Walk Midlands 10 Most Viewed Walks in 2025" walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/31/wal…

December 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went out to subscribers this morning Ft. new walks in Herefordshire, Shropshire and much, much more Check it out👇 walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com/p/walk-midland…

This week's new walking route is: Peterchurch - Hay-on-Wye 9.1 miles From Peterchurch in the heart of Herefordshire's Golden Valley, up and over the ridge to Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, the original "book town" Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/27/pet…

Delighted that the year closes with my essay "In Critical Praise of Footpaths" being published in issue 2 of @derwent-press.bsky.social The literary journal the Midlands has long been crying out for Buy your hard/soft copy👇 derwentpress.bigcartel.com

This week's new walking route is: Craven Arms - Bishop's Castle 9.1 miles through the hilly south Shropshire countryside, to a tiny yet bustling town, just over a mile east of the Welsh border Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/18/cra…

This week's new walking route: Worcester - Great Malvern 10.6 miles from central Worcester over the River Severn and the River Teme, then across the western Severn Valley to the spa town of Malvern in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/12/11/wor…