The Quest for Cold Harbour
Join us on The Quest for Cold Harbour - the haunted house at the heart of a largely forgotten ghost story written by once bestselling British author Francis Brett Young (1884-1954). This walk by literary detectives Clive Judd and James Glover kicks off Walkspace's Autumn Season.
Steeped as it is in the landscape, folklore and local history of his beloved Black Country home, we'll strike out together in search of Brett Young’s 'Cold Harbour’, uncovering the part real, part imagined locations that informed this extraordinary and atmospheric work of West Midlands psychogeography. We'll cross between urban and rural landscape and travel backwards and forwards in time as we trace the uncanny scars and weirded faultlines of this unforgettable region; a place forever altered by its industrial past and underpinned by a much deeper, much stranger history. And perhaps, somewhere along the way, we may find ourselves haunted by spectres of ourselves too…?
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The walk will start in Haden Hill Park (entrance on Halesowen Rd a short walk from Old Hill train station) at 10:30 am. The finish point will be The Seven Stars pub on Brook Rd Stourbridge opposite Stourbridge Junction train station at approx 5:30pm. The total distance is just under 11.5 miles but feels longer due to climbs and descents. This walk is for confident, experienced walkers only.
The duration of the walk is estimated to be 6.5 hours with a stop for a packed lunch (please come prepared) at the approximate halfway stage. Terrain is very mixed, some straightforward urban stretches with a good chunk of country walking including a steady climb to the top of Walton Hill near Clent. Wear your sturdiest walking shoes or boots. Timings are approximate only.
BRING PLENTY OF DRINKING WATER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SUN!