Walks you can reach from Old Hill by train
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Kidderminster to Stourbridge Town (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Old Hill.
Dramatic and beautiful edge (Kinver Edge). Hilly, wooded, red sandstone landscape and largely along canal towpaths. Walk traverses three counties across a landscape shaped by 17th-century glass, brick, and pottery industries powered by coal from nearby collieries.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 5h–10h30
Warnings: Roundabout crossing in Kidderminster requires use of subways.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Kidderminster to Blakedown (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Old Hill.
Golf-course and field paths into rolling, wooded countryside dotted with ponds.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 2h–4h30
Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Shirley to The Lakes (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Old Hill.
Canal towpath, Christmas tree plantations, farmland, forest and lakeside paths.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Trip hazard: anchored cable.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Whitlocks End to Birmingham Moor Street (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Old Hill.
Towpaths and river banks. Urban walk tracing Birmingham's waterpower heritage from suburbs to city center.
Warnings: Busy roads to cross; low bridges on canal sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Whitlocks End to Shirley (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Old Hill.
Farmland field paths, canal towpath and Christmas tree plantation.
Time: 1h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wythall to Longbridge (Worcestershire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Rural with woodland, fields and suburban areas. Walk traces River Cole source on Severn-Trent watershed; passes moated medieval farmhouse; passes Shire Country Park.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Busy main roads; muddy footpath sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wythall to Shirley (Worcestershire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Pasture and meadow paths through suburban-fringe countryside.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Earlswood to Wythall (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Farmland, heathland, woodland, wet meadow, golf-course edge and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
The Lakes to Earlswood (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Reservoir-side paths and woodland tracks through nature reserve.
Time: 2h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wood End to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Old Hill.
Umberslade Estate features a manor house built 1695-1700 and the Umberslade Obelisk constructed in 1749 by the 1st Baron Archer.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).