Walks you can reach from Long Buckby by train
Northamptonshire · East Midlands of England
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Rugby Station Circular (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Long Buckby.
4km. 1h30.
Town streets, river valley, Oxford Canal towpath, open fields, and village. Can be muddy.
Documented by Heart Rail Trails.
Market Harborough Station to Northampton Station (Leicestershire)
15m direct from Long Buckby.
29km.
Rolling hills of the south east Midlands. Brampton Valley Way: former railway opened 1859, closed 1981, converted to multipurpose path in 1993; one of the longest ex-trackbed paths in the UK; runs through former ironstone quarrying area. Two unlit tunnels (Oxendon Tunnel and Kelmarsh Tunnel).
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Wellingborough Station to Northampton Station (Northamptonshire)
15m direct from Long Buckby.
24km.
Riverside paths along the Nene, meadows, quarry lakes, arable fields, villages, urban riverside, nature reserve, and raised flood embankments. Prone to flooding.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wolverton Station to Northampton Station (Buckinghamshire)
15m direct from Long Buckby.
30km.
Fields, meadows, riverside cycle paths, medieval hunting forest, parkland, university campus, and riverside town approach. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Coventry Station to Berkswell Station (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
10km.
Picturesque village. Urban, suburban, and then rural. Walk traverses Coventry's historic common land including Hearsall Common and Tilehill Wood, medieval survivals preserved in the 1920s, before reaching Berkswell in the Meridian Gap. Muddy sections possible.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Coventry Station Circular via Herbert Museum (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
Tough: steep ascents. 4km. 2h30.
Streets and pavements.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Canley Station to Coventry Station (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
Tough: steep ascents. 4km. 2h.
Delightful. Woodland paths with street sections at either end; surfaced.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Canley Station Circular (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
4km. 1h30.
Suburban streets, nature reserve, meadows, woodland, city park, and small urban park. Can be muddy.
Documented by Heart Rail Trails.
Tile Hill Station Circular (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
6km. 2h.
Suburban streets, deciduous and coniferous woodland, open fields, scrub grassland, and sports ground. Can be muddy.
Documented by Heart Rail Trails.
Berkswell Station to Solihull Station (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
10km.
Surprisingly expansive landscape. Rural and suburban with boardwalks, fields, woodland, canal towpath, and residential streets. Walk crosses the Meridian Gap from Berkswell to Solihull, West Midlands' largest town, functioning as an affluent dormitory suburb of Birmingham. Muddy woodland path; pavement peters out near Hampton-in-Arden with tight bends.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Berkswell Station Circular (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Long Buckby.
4km. 1h30.
Rural countryside, farmland, fields, farm driveways, quiet lanes, and village green. Can be muddy.
Documented by Heart Rail Trails.
Hampton-in-Arden Station Circular (Warwickshire)
45m direct from Long Buckby.
5km. 1h30.
Ancient village, tarmacked lanes, River Blythe crossing, nature reserve pools and hides, packhorse bridge, and open countryside. Can be muddy.