Walks you can reach from Featherstone by train

Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Waterway: four fifths along the Aire and Calder Navigation.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Whitley Bridge has only around three trains a day.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A walk that follows the river out of the Calder valley on the signposted TransPennine Trail, then through a country park with parkland paths, fields and lakeside tracks. The western part is on good paths; finding the right paths becomes tricky once away from the valley and with one section that can flood. Follows the signposted TransPennine Trail along the river. The Normanton meeting point has several benches.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: One slightly flooded section could be impassable in wetter conditions. Paths in the eastern half are hard to find and do not match the rights of way.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A very pleasant, easy-to-navigate walk mixing gravel paths through a nature reserve with paved roads in Castleford and Knottingley, the nature-reserve middle section being the best part. There are areas of relatively steep incline, gates, a stile and field near Knottingley; trainers suffice in dry weather and boots in winter. The village of Fairburn, about halfway, is a good pause point for refreshments.

Waterway: two thirds along the River Aire.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: Fairburn, about halfway, offers a refreshment stop.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A third urban.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Great view of Leeds from the top of the rise. A mix of rural and urban with great views towards Leeds: downhill through Morley, residential streets, the last few fields before the city, then past White Rose, along a busy ring road, up to Beeston and a high ridge with a steep grassy drop to a footbridge over the M621, through Holbeck, a final canal- and riverside approach with steps up to the station. Plenty of steps and some uneven and steep footpaths.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A fifth urban. Steps and some uneven, steep footpaths; a steep grassy bank drops to the M621 footbridge. A busy ring road to walk along by White Rose.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A walk on footpaths and bridleways kept off-road as much as possible and with some semi-urban road walking. Numerous obstacles make it suitable for reasonably fit walkers.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a quarter of the walk. Numerous obstacles along the route, including stiles.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A largely level route out of the city, starting along the River Aire and city-centre bridges, following National Cycle Route 66 through industrial estates, then skirting Temple Newsam park (the loveliest part, light woodland and grass), with a super-muddy section along Beech Walk and meandering paths through Millennium Wood before the village of Garforth. Mostly wide and weatherproof paths with two stiles; some hills; concrete-heavy around the Thorpe Park shopping centre. Generally follows National Cycle Route 66 with handy signposts; mostly off-road (80-90%). Crosses the A1(M) by footbridge; the Springs / Thorpe Park retail park has places to eat and drink mid-route.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: Places to eat and drink at the Thorpe Park / Springs retail park mid-route.

Warnings: A super-muddy section along Beech Walk near North Plantation; two stiles; a diversion is needed just before Thorpe Park (easy reroute via a short stretch of bridleway); the section south of Halton Moor needs care.

Walk details: Slow Ways.