Walks from Stone
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Stone Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Stone by train.
Stone to Stafford
Boggy muddy ground at wetter times of year. Stafford Common is an unusually large surviving common land near a major Midlands centre with origins in medieval townland for grazing, protected by parliament 1839 and 1939.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Comparatively busy road at Whitgreave; boggy ground when wet.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Stoke-on-Trent to Stone
Recommended: A direct, almost entirely flat waterside route along the Trent and Mersey Canal towpath. Surface varies from good bonded gravel to loose stone and with cobbled ramps at the roving bridges and a stepped bridge near Stone station. Generally dry with only the odd puddle after rain.
Waterway: almost all along the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: A pub and supermarket at Barlaston and a filling-station shop at Trentham roughly halfway.
Warnings: The towpath is a traffic-free cycle route shared with cyclists who can approach fast with little warning. A stepped footbridge over the railway at the Stone end and steps at road crossings.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Stone to Longton
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Part of the route south of Blurton is not close to the rights of way.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Stone to Uttoxeter
A route through mostly lovely rural farmland. There are a number of tricky access points where stiles have disappeared or vegetation needs beating back.
Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Lunch: Stone has many pubs, cafes and supermarkets at the start, but there are almost no facilities on the route, with the first public water at around 18km.
Warnings: Several tricky access issues where stiles have disappeared or vegetation must be pushed through. Almost no facilities on the route, with the first public water at around 18km.
Walk details: Slow Ways.