Heron Maps Birmingham Greenways

This innovative new map gives a different perspective to Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. It features 150 miles of traffic free walking and cycling paths along canals, rivers, and through the 8000 acres of parks of the Birmingham plateau.

Following two years of research it is designed to appeal to a wide range of users who wish to explore the area and its fascinating industrial legacy.

Fully coloured at 1:30,000 it is ideal for tourists and all leisure users, as well as boaters who wish to explore the region away from the canals and is supplemented by information panels and photographs.

Walking: The detailed Birmingham City Plan at 1:15,000 is designed for exploring Birmingham city centre canals on foot and locating tourist attractions, art galleries, museums and shops.

Cycling: Locations of 22 new bike hire centres and 5 Brompton Docks.

Canals: Birmingham Old Main Line (Brindley Canal), Birmingham New Main Line (Telford Canal), Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Grand Union Canal, Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Tame Valley Canal, Warwick Junction Canal, Digbeth Branch Canal, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, Dudley No. 2 Canal, Walsall Canal, Rushall Canal, Wednesbury Canal, Wednesbury Old Canal, and Wednesbury Oak Loop.

Rivers and Streams: River Tame, River Rea, River Cole, River Blythe, Bourn Brook, Chad Brook, Merritts Brook, Chinn Brook, Hol Brook, Hawthorne Brook, Plants Brook, Wash Brook, Hockley Brook, Welches Brook, Stonehouse Brook, Griffins Brook, Callow Brook, Spark Brook, Hatchford Brook, Westley Brook.

Water Mills: Over 90 former sites are listed together with explanations of the different uses.

Tourist Information: Over 100 heritage sites and places of interest, railway stations, nature reserves, parks, gardens and open areas, churches, national cycle routes, long distance paths, pubs, shops, and public toilets.

History: Descriptive panels provide the background to 5000 years of Birmingham History, with details of the Romans, the migration of Anglo Saxon tribes, the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War, the Quakers, the Lunar Society, Water Mills, Steam Engines, the Industrial Revolution, and how Birmingham influenced JRR Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.

The Mining and Manufacturing District Map of 1836 gives the background to the geography that spurred the building of over 160 miles of canals in the area. There are articles on the canals and the engineers who built them.

Gas Street Basin in Birmingham city centre is featured. This is now bustling with pleasure craft, restaurants and bars. Top entertainment venues such as the NEC, the International Convention Centre, the National Indoor Arena and the Birmingham Rep. are shown as well as the Bull Ring shopping Centre and New Street Station. View the Staffordshire Hoard in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Other attractions include the Black Country Living Museum, the Dudley and Netherton Tunnels, Farmer’s Bridge Locks, Sandwell Valley Country Park, Bruton Park in Solihull, and Walsall Art Gallery with its world class collection of Jacob Epstein sculptures.

Delivery

All items that are in stock will show a delivery timescale of 1-3 working days.  If your order consists solely of these items, then dispatch is within 1 working day of purchase with the exception of framed and customised items which may take up to 14 days.

If your order is a non-stock item, the delivery timescale on that item will show as 3-10 working days on the product details.  In these instances, dispatch is usually 3-7 working days with delivery in 5-10 working days.  If your item is delayed for any reason, we will update your order to provide an explanation of the delay, although it is not always possible to say how long the delay will be. The item will be kept on order for up to three months and supplied to you when it becomes available. After 3 months, we will cancel the order or the remainder of the order unless you ask us to keep it on back order for longer. Incomplete orders will be held until the remaining items come into stock, unless we anticipate a long delay. At our discretion, incomplete orders may be sent out as partial shipments if we anticipate that an item may take some time coming in to stock.

EU customers - IMPORTANT: You will be required to pay import VAT (tax) at your local rate to your postal delivery service before any goods are delivered. Since 2021 you have not been charged British VAT (at 20%) on any purchases or P&P charges, however, with effect from 1 January 2022, the rules regarding importing from outside the EU changed and import VAT is now payable on any value of goods imported into the EU. This is separate to any tariff which may or may not be chargeable on the goods due to their country of origin. Please also note that we are legally required to declare the correct value of your purchase which is used to calculate the tax and any tariff duty. Failure to pay the import charges will result in the goods being returned to the UK.  Our terms and conditions have been updated to reflect this situation. 

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Cancellations - non personalised/bespoke items

The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (formerly the Distance Selling Regulations) provide consumers with the right to a 'cooling-off' period to allow you to change your mind. Under these regulations, you have the right to cancel your order, without explanation, within 14 days of delivery (starting the day after you receive the goods) and to return the goods for a refund within a further 14 days (28 days in total). The Distance Selling Regulations do not apply to businesses nor to individuals who are trading or acting as a trader (buying goods to re-sell for profit) because no-one is the 'Consumer'. This means there is no 'cooling-off' period and the order cannot be cancelled once processed.

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Cancellations - personalised/bespoke items

Where an order is placed for an item which is to be personalised or is bespoke, cancellation is not possible once production has started and these are expressly excluded from The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (formerly the Distance Selling Regulations).

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