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Marston Green Station
If you have ventured to the cafe, just outside the cafe, retrace your steps and cross the railway line over the bridge. You are immediately in Sheldon Country Park. Turn right and follow the perimeter fence around three sides. It becomes increasingly wild but we are on the former Solihull Way. Keep the fence to you left.
Coventry Road
At the Coventry Road, turn right and cross at the pedestrian crossing. We need to walk uphill through the houses along a dog poo littered alley. We are rewarded with Elmdon Country Park. Keep following the main path, which will bring you to the church and the beacon. Make your way downhill. There are several path but we are making our way to the Land Rover Factory, which is more than obvious. The main car park will lead to Tanhouse Farm Road. At number 86, there is an alley that skirts the factory perimeter. Follow this all the way around to Lode Lane.
Lode Lane
Turn left onto Load Lane. Turn left onto the Grand Union Canal, and walk down to Bridge 79. Climb up and turn back on yourself, crossing the canal and heading towards Solihull. Turn right at the first pub and then pick up the alley on the opposite side of the road. Follow this over a couple of roads to School Lane, where you turn left. There is an alley on the opposite side of the road that dissects the park and the hospital. Take this and you will be delivered in Solihull. Make you own way to the Station, dependent on you preference for refreshment or shopping experience.
Marston Green Station
If you have ventured to the cafe, just outside the cafe, retrace your steps and cross the railway line over the bridge. You are immediately in Sheldon Country Park. Turn right and follow the perimeter fence around three sides. It becomes increasingly wild but we are on the former Solihull Way. Keep the fence to you left.
Coventry Road
At the Coventry Road, turn right and cross at the pedestrian crossing. We need to walk uphill through the houses along a dog poo littered alley. We are rewarded with Elmdon Country Park. Keep following the main path, which will bring you to the church and the beacon. Make your way downhill. There are several path but we are making our way to the Land Rover Factory, which is more than obvious. The main car park will lead to Tanhouse Farm Road. At number 86, there is an alley that skirts the factory perimeter. Follow this all the way around to Lode Lane.
Lode Lane
Turn left onto Load Lane. Turn left onto the Grand Union Canal, and walk down to Bridge 79. Climb up and turn back on yourself, crossing the canal and heading towards Solihull. Turn right at the first pub and then pick up the alley on the opposite side of the road. Follow this over a couple of roads to School Lane, where you turn left. There is an alley on the opposite side of the road that dissects the park and the hospital. Take this and you will be delivered in Solihull. Make you own way to the Station, dependent on you preference for refreshment or shopping experience.