From pipe dreams & wishing wells to dead as a doornail

Thu 20th Feb 2025

Walk Details:

Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Central England
Local Group
Staffordshire
Distance
12ml.
Start Time
09.30
Route
C.P on St Matthew’s Road, between Woodhouses & Spade Green, near Burntwood. (Shown as Pipe Hall Farm on Google maps.) Small c.p please car share if possible

Names on a map often point to natural resources in a landscape & in turn, to a past way of life. This walk looks at how those natural resources have been exploited, bringing pleasure & misery to the local inhabitants.

Web Site
http://www.ldwa.org.uk/staffordshire
Start and Finish
SK081096

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