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A path winding through open grassland and trees at Pooley Country Park, with water and a canal nearby
Pooley Country Park · Photo: David Martin

Pooley Country Park sits on the edge of Tamworth, on the site of the former Pooley Hall Colliery. Today it is a green open space with water, grassland and a gentle rise to the park's high point, where the gold-coloured Golden Tower of Leaves stands as a piece of public art.

The walk here is short and relaxed, and a good part of it runs beside water, including the Coventry Canal. Along the way you pass Alvecote Priory, a ruined Benedictine priory founded in 1159. Its tall entrance arch and dovecote survive, and Historic England notes that such a complete set of buildings, earthworks and buried remains is relatively rare at a small monastic site.

The route starts and finishes at the visitor centre, so it is an easy outing for a spare hour or two. For more walks in the county, take a look at the Staffordshire Walks app.

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Pooley Country Park and Alvecote Priory Walk

Walk distance
2½ miles
Time
1 hour
Route type
Circular

A short, easy-going loop around Pooley Country Park, a former colliery site near Tamworth that now makes a green and varied place for a walk.

Much of the route runs beside water, including a stretch of the Coventry Canal, with the Trent Valley railway line running close by. Near Alvecote Wood you pass the ruins of Alvecote Priory, a Benedictine priory founded in 1159. Its tall entrance arch is the most striking survivor, and the dovecote still stands beside it.

On the way back the route climbs gently to the high point of the park, where the Golden Tower of Leaves, a gold-coloured piece of public art, makes a good landmark before the final stretch to the visitor centre.

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Expanded route map for Pooley Country Park and Alvecote Priory Walk, a 2.5 mile circular walk in Staffordshire