The Station is half a mile from the centre of

Wombourne, which has a regular bus service to

Wolverhampton. Coloured words highlighted below
identify points of interest.
THE ROUTE
1.

From the car park walk back down to Bratch Lane, turn right, and pass under the bridge.
Continue for about three hundred yards to Bratch Locks.

2.

Turn right along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and in about fifty yards
change to the right hand side.

3.

Continue for almost a mile to the bridge at Awbridge Lock. Pass under the bridge
and climb to the road. Turn right over the bridge and follow the road for about a
quarter of a mile.

4.

Where the lane turns a sharp left take the footpath, which goes straight on through
a gateway. You can see the former Union Workhouse on the right. Keep well to the
left of a transmission pylon in the field. Just before you reach the lane, turn right,
cross a stile into the next field and walk straight ahead, keeping the brook and some
gnarled old trees on your left; then cross a stile onto a wide grassy track which
leads into Trysull Holloway.

5/6. Turn left down the road for about forty yards and just before the Smestow Bridge
turn right to pass Mill House on your right with Trysull Mill on your left.
7.

Follow the track, Church Lane for about a third of a mile. Pass a brick building on the
right and after about two hundred yards cross a kissing gate on the left and walk
towards the bottom left corner of the field to a footbridge and on to Seisdon Road.
On the road, turn left for about two hundred yards then turn right through some
farm buildings, just after the Manor House, over two stiles and into a field.

8.

Follow a holly hedge on the left to the next stile in the field corner. Continue over
the stile with a hedge on the left to another stile and go straight on to School Road
next to
The Croft. Turn left for ten yards then cross School Road and walk down a path for
fifty yards, then through a kissing gate on the right and walk diagonally to the far
left corner of the field near a cottage.

9.

Climb the stile and turn left down Woodford Lane, over the bridge and up the hill,
opposite the lane to Woodford Grange climb a stile on the left and follow the hedge
on your left.

LEISURE TRAILS

A CIRCULAR WALK AROUND

AWBRIDGE AND TRYSULL

4 MILES
This is a four-mile circular walk, one of a series
based on the South Staffordshire Railway Walk.
The walking is fairly easy and is a mixture
of lanes, tracks and footpaths, some of
which can be muddy in wet weather! Be
prepared and wear strong comfortable
footwear, and remember that even on a
sunny day the weather can change. The
walk should take about two and a half

hours, but allow more time if you have

children or inexperienced walkers with you.
The walk is not suitable for pushchairs or
wheelchairs. The canal towpath referred to
in this leaflet is not a public right of way
and its use is at the walkers own risk.

After the next stile turn right, follow the hedge, over another stile and along to the
corner of the field, then turn left and follow the hedge for about two hundred yards
and climb a stile into Bratch Common Road. Turn left and after about two hundred
yards at the junction with Trysull Road turn right to The Bratch.
10. Continue up Bratch Lane to pass under the bridge and turn left up to the Car park at
Wombourne Station.

For further information please contact the Rangers on 01902 882605

Walking is not only fun, it is an excellent form of exercise. Evidence shows

that walking is playing an important role in the prevention of ill health.

AWBRIDGE AND TRYSULL WALK

AWBRIDGE FARM

FLASH LANE
3. AWBRIDGE LOCK
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE
RAILWAY WALK

4. UNION WORKHOUSE

7. CHURCH LANE

1. BRATCH LOCK

5. SMESTOW BRIDGE

PYLON

MILL HOUSE

2. STAFFS & WORCS CANAL

6. TRYSULL MILL
2. STAFFS & WORCS CANAL

SEISDON
ROAD

TRYSULL
ROAD

8. THE CROFT
MANOR
HOUSE

KETLEY HOUSE
MONKSPATH COPPICE

THE STATION

SCHOOL ROAD
TRYSULL

1. BRATCH LOCK

3. AWBRIDGE LOCK

PUMPING
STATION

9. WOODFORD GRANGE
BRATCH
COMMON
ROAD
N

10. BRATCH LANE

WOODFORD LANE

NOT TO SCALE
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Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Staffordshire District Council Licence No. LA 079502
Published by South Staffordshire District Councils Leisure Services department.

WOMBOURNE

3. AWBRIDGE BRIDGE

4. UNION WORKHOUSE

6. TRYSULL MILL

7. CHURCH LANE

8. THE CROFT

WOMBOURNE STATION YOUR START & FINSH POINT