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Staffordshire Moorlands

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Heron Pool – Consall Lime Kilns loop from RSPB Consall Wood

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Staffordshire Moorlands

Consall

Heron Pool – Consall Lime Kilns loop from RSPB Consall Wood

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Heron Pool – Consall Lime Kilns loop from RSPB Consall Wood

03:18

12.0km

180m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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163 m

RSPB Consall Woods Nature Reserve

Highlight • Rest Area

A very spacious car park with a visitor centre and immediate access to many trails.

Bring a backpack and lunch and spend the day here.

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438 m

Heron Pool

Highlight • Lake

Just below the Visitor Centre. It seems popular with fishermen as well as the reputed herons.

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1.39 km

Far Kingsley Banks

Forest

7.14 km

Etruria–Uttoxeter Distance Marker and Original Milestone

Highlight • Monument

Here is a replacement cast iron milestone 'and the original stone one rescued from the waterways museum at Stoke Bruerne where it had languished face down in a shed for years.'

source: audiotrails

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7.36 km

Cherryeye Bridge No. 53

Highlight • Bridge

The gothic arch of Cherry Eye Bridge is a splendid sight, but it is its name that gives a hint to this now tranquil region's industrial past. It is named …

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8.12 km

Bridge 52 Changeover Bridge (Churnet Valley Heritage Trail)

Highlight • Historical Site

Made by the railway company to make space for the railway line.

It was made using recycled materials and on some of the posts you can see grooves from the horse tow ropes.

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8.51 km

Flint Mill Lock (Lock 17), Caldon Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

This is the seventeenth and last lock on the Caldon canal. Like all locks on this canal it is a single width lock (approx 7' 6").

The Caldon canal is …

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8.90 km

Podmore Bridge (London Works Bridge, 50B)

Highlight • Bridge

The timber walkway beneath was replaced last year too.

It has been done to a fantastic standard.

It is heartening to see these glorious canals maintained so well for the current and future enjoyment of hikers and bikers.

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9.30 km

Dale Sprink

Forest

9.71 km

Consall Lime Kilns

Highlight • Monument

A pretty little stretch of the canal nestled between woods on either side.

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12.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.74 km

2.62 km

2.10 km

896 m

354 m

277 m

Surfaces

4.37 km

3.86 km

1.49 km

1.13 km

776 m

361 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

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Heron Pool – Consall Lime Kilns loop from RSPB Consall Wood

RSPB Consall Woods Nature Reserve

Heron Pool

Etruria–Uttoxeter Distance Marker and Original Milestone

Cherryeye Bridge No. 53

Bridge 52 Changeover Bridge (Churnet Valley Heritage Trail)

Flint Mill Lock (Lock 17), Caldon Canal

Podmore Bridge (London Works Bridge, 50B)

Consall Lime Kilns

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