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Earlswood Lakes – Windmill Pool Lake loop from The Lakes

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Earlswood Lakes – Windmill Pool Lake loop from The Lakes

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Earlswood Lakes – Windmill Pool Lake loop from The Lakes

02:35

10.1km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 7.66 km for 87 m

Permit required

After 7.81 km for 87 m

Permit required

After 8.07 km for 164 m

Closed: • April 19, 2021-August 20, Public holidays & Monday-Sunday

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.39 km

Birmingham to Stratford Railway Through Clowes Wood

Highlight • Cycleway

Clowes Wood stands as a testament to history, serving as the inaugural reserve owned by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, a generous gift from an anonymous donor back in 1974. With a woodland history that likely traces back to the last ice age, the area endured a near-complete clearing of trees during the early 1900s. Today, it bears the marks of diverse habitats, including heathland, woodlands, and wet meadows, all bisected by the Birmingham to Stratford railway.

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5.35 km

Clowes Wood and New Fallings Coppice

Highlight • Natural Monument

Clowes Wood is a piece of history as it was the first reserve owned by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, acquired thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor in 1974. Clowes Wood has probably been wooded since the last ice age, though it was almost cleared of trees in the early 1900s. It is cut through by the Birmingham to Stratford railway and habitats found here today include heathland, woodland, and wet meadow.

Wildflowers to be seen here include bluebell, lily of the valley, cow-wheat and bilberry. Fifty species of bird breed here, such as jay, chiff chaff, nuthatch and treecreeper, and also woodcock and all three woodpeckers. Badgers live in this woodland and red fox, muntjac and brown hare are all regular visitors to this reserve.

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5.35 km

Clowes Wood & New Forest Nature Reserve Public Notice

Highlight • Natural Monument

Hard to spot it's way up high in a tree

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7.78 km

Engine House and Engine Pool, Earlswood Lakes

Highlight • Lake

Although the route suggested by Komoot was good there were some problems in the wooded section between the two railway crossings. The path was closed and therefore needed to find a detour.

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8.28 km

Earlswood Lakes

Highlight • Monument

Earlswood Lakes were constructed in the 1820s. Construction took nearly 5 years to complete, and the labour force included prisoners of war from the Napoleonic Wars Some people say that lying at the bottom of all the lakes are the dead bodies of people who died while being forced to make the pools and they had no place to be buried so they were left there, either in groups or alone. Also the cost of construction was £297,000

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8.41 km

View of Earlswood Lakes and Beaches

Highlight • Trail

Great views across the lake, plenty of location around for you to stop & relax with benches, small extended wooden platforms, beach areas sporadically around them & a nature reserve to the rear with plenty of tracks wide enough to cycle/walk.

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8.63 km

Windmill Pool Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Earlswood Lakes were constructed in the 1820S to provide water to the Stratford upon Avon canal. Construction took nearly 5 years to complete, and the labour force included prisoners of war from the Napoleonic wars.The cost of construction was £297,000.

There are three lakes. The Windmill Pool lake cover 25 acres (10 ha). The lakes are fed by tributaries of the River Blythe, and in turn outfall into that river also.

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10.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.12 km

2.81 km

1.04 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.16 km

2.00 km

1.94 km

1.63 km

1.04 km

294 m

Elevation

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Sunday 24 May

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Earlswood Lakes – Windmill Pool Lake loop from The Lakes

Birmingham to Stratford Railway Through Clowes Wood

Clowes Wood and New Fallings Coppice

Clowes Wood & New Forest Nature Reserve Public Notice

Engine House and Engine Pool, Earlswood Lakes

Earlswood Lakes

View of Earlswood Lakes and Beaches

Windmill Pool Lake

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