Cycle Routes in Walsall

Walsall Active Travel Map

The Walsall Active Travel Map provides information on local cycling and walking routes to help get you active. The map includes details of:

• local and national cycle routes
• key rights of way (Monarch’s Way & Beacon Way)
• the canal network
• parks and green spaces
• 20 mph zones
• Schools with a “Safer route to school”
• Cycle parking locations

There is also loads of other information and contacts, such as local bike shops, local walking & cycling groups, bike check tips and other useful links. You can download a map or request a paper copy by visiting www.walsall.gov.uk/cycling

National Cycle Route 5

One of Walsall’s cycle routes is also part of the National Cycle Network (a bit like the motorway network for bikes). Walsall is served by National Cycle Route 5, which runs the entire length of the Borough. Starting at ‘The Delves’,  the route runs straight through Walsall town centre, via Highgate. From here, the route passes through ‘The Butts’ before joining the disused railway line up to Pelsall. The route then joins the canal to Brownhills, via ‘Ryders Hayes’, before exiting the North of the Borough at Chasewater.

The whole of Route 5 actually runs from Reading to Holyhead. Info on this and other national cycle routes can be found at www.sustrans.org.uk