Walk from the Moor Pool Estate to Edgbaston Reservoir

This walk takes in the historic Moor Pool Estate, the Harborne Walkway and ends at the Red Café alongside Edgbaston Reservoir. This is a leisurely 4 mile mainly flat walk with some steps. There will be photo stops and a rest/coffee and cake break at the café at the end of the walk.
Starting outside Harborne Pool & Fitness Centre, we first visit the Moor Pool Estate, a meticulously designed Garden suburb which was the vision of John Sutton Nettlefold, of around 500 houses designed in the Arts and Crafts style between 1907 and 1912 in response to overcrowded urban dwellings, and to provide residents with extensive green space, fresh air as well as community and sporting facilities. From there, we join the traffic-free Harborne Walkway to Edgbaston Reservoir finishing at the Red Shed café. The Red Shed Community café is part of the Birmingham Settlement Nature & Wellbeing Centre, an eco-site demonstrating what can be done at local level in the fight against climate change. The finishing time for the walk very much depends on the pace and interests of the group but will be around 3pm. From the cafe it’s a short walk to catch a bus back into town. Please meet outside Harborne Leisure Centre ready to start at 10.30am. Please note that since the walk is organised under the auspices of the Ramblers, we are unable to accommodate dogs on the walk. There are no toilets during the walk, but they are available at the Leisure Centre at the start of the walk and at the café at the end.

Timings

Thursday 17 September:

10.30-15.00

Location & directions

Harborne Pool & Fitness Centre, Lordswood Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 9QS

Directions:

Please meet outside Harborne Leisure Centre ready to start at 10.30am. Bus Nos. 23 or 24 are every few minutes from Colmore Row Bus stop SH3, alighting at Lordswood Road/War Lane stop which is 30m from the Harborne Pool & Fitness Centre. The bus takes about 30 minutes. Bus No. 11 outer circle, alight at Lordswood Road/War Lane stop.

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Book your free ticket via Eventbrite. If you find you can no longer attend the walk, please cancel your ticket on Eventbrite, we will then pass on your place to someone on the waiting list. Thank you.

Booking website:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-from-the-moor-pool-estate-to-edgbaston-reservoir-tickets-1990309981733?aff=oddtdtcreator

Booking opens:

15 Aug 2026 10:00 AM

Booking closes:

16 Sep 2026 10:30 AM

Additional information

Max number of people:

25

Estimated duration:

4 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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