Trail 2
The Louis Barrow Trail
Around Bournville and Cotteridge Park
The trail starts at the main entrance to Bournville Station. A map of the route can be found below.
For more on Louis Barrow and the intriguing story
of the Bournville Boulders click here.
For a brilliant video about Cotteridge Park and the science behind the boulders, done as a school project by Ryan Bendle, click here.
A printed copy of the guide (folded double-sided A3 size) is available from The Shed at Cotteridge Park, at project events, or from the Earth Heritage Trust at https://earthheritagetrust.org/
You can print off a copy yourself by downloading the A4 version (4 pages) here.
If you want to follow the route on a hand-held GPS device, click here to download a .gpx file.
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust Visit https://earthheritagetrust.org/
Lapworth Museum Visit https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/lapworth-museum/index.aspx
Black Country Geological Society Visit https://bcgs.info/pub/
Birmingham Open Spaces Forum Visit https://bosf.org.uk/