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©Mick Malpass
Dist:0.2km<br/>Holbeche House near Dudley was home of Robert Catesby leader of the Gunpowder plot. The Plotters met here after Guy Fawkers Capture, and the house was surrounded by the crown. Three died including Catesby and the rest captured. The house is now a nursing home.
©Gordon Griffiths
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©J Whatley
Dist:0.3km<br/>When old railway courses are prepared as leisure walkways or bridleways, blockages have to be placed at intervals to stop the routes being used as motor cycle scramble venues.
©Roger Kidd
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©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is now utilized as a public leisure walk. The old railway from Wolverhampton to Stourbridge Junction via Wombourne closed finally in 1965.
©Roger Kidd
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©norman hyett
Dist:0.3km<br/>A remnant of the line through Wombourne, one of the shortest-lived in the UK. Opened as late as 1925, the line was a classic "white elephant". It closed to passengers in 1932, just seven years after opening, but survived for freight until 1965.
©J Whatley
Dist:0.3km<br/>There is easy pedestrian access up sturdy steps from the A449 road to the South Staffordshire Railway Walk. However, there is nowhere to park here.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>The maple trees by the A449 give a lovely display every year, best observed in early evening sunlight while some of the leaves are still green.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>This row of trees, mainly maples, gives a lovely display every year, best seen in early evening autumn sunshine.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>These maple trees always put on a good display, but one seems a bit early this year. Go straight on for Kingswinford and Stourbridge; go right at the roundabout for Wall Heath and Kidderminster.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Great Western Railway branch line from Wolverhampton to Stourbridge Junction (via Wombourne) was a failure. It was originally intended to run it to Bridgnorth. With interruptions for the war, it took twelve years to build. After completion in 1925, it was only open for seven years to passengers, and finally closed for freight in June 1965. It is now used as a very attractive leisure walkway which includes a nature reserve and a specially maintained area of deciduous woodland, both with public access.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.5km<br/>From the old railway embankment,the Church of St Michael and its rectory can be seen beyond the winter growing cereal crops.
©Roger Kidd

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