About this Event
P LEASE NOTE THAT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT SHOWN ABOVE IS ONLY APPROXIMATE AND CANNOT BE GUARANTEED; IT WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS SUCH AS THE WEATHER AND THE WALKING PACE OF THE GROUP.
Join this leisurely ramble with a Birmingham Ramblers group leader and enjoy social walking with our friendly members.
It is very helpful for the walk leader to have prior knowledge of numbers that will be on this walk. We ask you to complete this very brief form to help with our planning of the walk to ensure that we can safely accommodate all who wish to join us. You will receive an automatic acknowledgement when you submit this form, and also a reminder of the details 2 days before the walk.
Walk leader: Sheila Lyons
This is a circular walk of approximately 5miles around the parks of Leamington Spa.
Meeting arrangements:
Meet in the entrance hall of Moor Street Station, Birmingham, B4 7UL, by 9.30 am for the 9.43 train to Leamington Spa. If using a senior travel pass, you will need a return ticket to Leamington Spa from Dorridge.
If travelling by car to Leamington Spa, please meet at the front of Leamington Spa train station CV31 3NS at 10.15am.
Walk Description:
A circular walk of approximately 5miles around the parks of Leamington Spa. Please bring a drink and snack. This is a circular walk of approximately 5 miles through the parks of Leamington Spa where we should find snowdrops and other interesting plants and trees along our route. From the station it is a short distance to Victoria Park. Here, we should spot some snowdrops as we walk alongside the River Leam as we circuit the park into Pump Room Gardens. We will stop here briefly at the Information Centre where there are toilets. From here we use the rainbow crossing into the beautiful Jephson Gardens where we should find an abundance of snowdrops. Jephson Gardens is a beautiful formal Victorian park with flowerbeds, 140 species of trees, sub-tropical glasshouse, sensory garden and a lake as well as some interesting sculptures. It was voted “Best Park in Britain 2004” by the Royal Horticultural Society. Our walk takes us around the park, going through the sensory garden and crossing Mill Bridge over the River Leam. Pausing on the bridge, we can see the cobbled slipway where Sam Lockhart a circus performer is reputed to have brought his elephants to bathe in the river. Continuing over the bridge to walk around the Mill Garden where we can see the boating lake and boat house. Returning over the bridge into Jephson Gardens, we can admire the range of sub-tropical plants if the glasshouse is open. Our next stop, The Aviary Coffee Shop for a drink and comfort break before making away back to Leamington Spa train station.
Expressions of Interest for this walk will close at 06.00 on Thursday 12 February 2026. After this, please email [email protected] to enquire about any late availability for the walk.
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If you later find that you are unable to join us it would be helpful if you let us know by sending an email to [email protected] - this will be passed on to the walk leader and will prevent any delay to the start of the walk should the leader be waiting for you. Please note that some walks have a waiting list so tickets are NOT TRANSFERABLE; if you are unable to join us then please cancel your place to free it up for someone who may be on the waiting list rather than passing it to someone else.
General Information
This is one of several walks and activities offered by the Birmingham Ramblers. If you have found this page through a web search or other means and would like to find out more about the group then please visit the Birmingham Ramblers web site; new members are always welcome.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meet at Moor Street station, Moor Street station, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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