Canley Corridor

Canley corridor is a narrow green corridor, though quite wide in parts.  Mixed short grass and long wild herb areas.  Often overshadowed by the railway, and the noises and smells of the Torrington Avenue factories beyond, but an interesting walk. Canley Corrodor - The Railway Children - Jan-2002 The western end starts in the countryside near Tile Hill station, and the first green kilometre is the space beside the railway and landscaped areas within the industrial establishments.  For walkers the western end can be joined by a narrow wooded strip from Charter Avenue opposite Park Wood, or a newly re-graded and surfaced path finding a route between the industrial units in Torrington Avenue just south of Plants Hill Wood. Zoomed in views ... Interest is provided by "The Railway Children", a play group in Wakefield Crossing Cottage.  The level crossing has long gone, but walkers approaching from Torrington Avenue use the underpass. 200 metres east, the path is interrupted by a fenced playing field, requiring a short stretch on the road through the famous "Two story metal faced pre-fab" estate. Over the next 500 metres the grassed area gradually widens, with a choice of keeping to the cut grass, or fording the stream beyond Wolfe Road and using the rough tracks nearer the railway.  Either way, head for the bridge giving access to Gerard Avenue.  If you wish to keep to the grass, fording this stream is harder, but if you are determined a way can be found along the east side of the stream from by the bridge.

Henry Parkes Community Woodland - Dec-2001 To the north of Queen Margarets Road you will find Henry Parkes community woodland, planted in 1992, but still looking very young.  Between the woodland and the A45 are playing fields, but access to the A45 and the underpass is only possible by going through a fence and climbing up a steep embankment onto the A45.  To reach the underpass it is probably better to use a short stretch of Queen Margarets Road and the edge of Prior Derham Park. Wildlife Park - Jan2002   Through the underpass takes you to Burnsall Road Community Wildlife Park, and a path which leads to the entrance to Homebase.  The green corridor continues as a thin strip of shrubs and trees between the stream and the road into Homebase, letting wildlife through to Hearsall golf course, but without a path.  Walkers must now leave the corridor, maybe heading back to Prior Derham Park past the fire station or maybe going to Canley Halt and getting a train back to Tile Hill?   Good for Dogs rating: Plenty of open space, but not the most tranquil area for the dog owner.  Dogs may well like it however?