Walks you can reach from The Hawthorns by train

Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.

Warnings: Steep descents.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Railwalks (inc. GPX).

Droitwich Canal constructed in 1771 to transport salt to River Severn; fully restored and reopened in 2011.

Waterway: three quarters along the Droitwich Barge Canal.

Hawford Dovecote: 16th-century half-timbered dovecote (National Trust; 30 mins to visit).

Warnings: Riverside path may be fenced off during repair works.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Reverse direction: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF, inc. GPX) and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Parkland and field paths past lakes and fishing ponds.

End-of-walk reward: A pub and brewery at Hartlebury near the end.

Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Picturesque and historically rich. Riverside paths, fields, woodland and urban approaches. Walk traversing two rivers to reach a Victorian spa town beneath iconic hills.

Greyfriars House and Garden: Late medieval merchant's house, rescued from demolition, in Worcester city centre (National Trust; 1h to visit).

1 lunch spot: Greyfriars House and Garden café

Warnings: Muddy sections; multiple gates.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Reverse direction: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF, inc. GPX) and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.

Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Mostly along canal towpaths with field paths and road sections. Walk through mid-Worcestershire from Bromsgrove to Droitwich Spa, tracing salt industry heritage and Victorian spa development via canal routes. Droitwich is a town literally constructed on salt.

Waterway: four fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

Warnings: Be careful of fast-moving cars on lane; towpath muddy in places.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Reverse direction: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF, inc. GPX) and Railwalks (inc. GPX).

Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.

Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.

Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.

Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

Birmingham Back to Backs: Experience 200 years of working people's lives in the heart of Birmingham (National Trust; 1h30 to visit).

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Canal towpath, urban paths and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.

Waterway: four fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

Birmingham Back to Backs: Experience 200 years of working people's lives in the heart of Birmingham (National Trust; 1h30 to visit).

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Wild and dramatic escarpment (Rowley Hills). Mostly along canal towpaths through suburban towns and villages. Walk celebrates William Perry, the 'Tipton Slasher', a renowned 19th-century bareknuckle boxer born in Tipton in 1819.

Warnings: Over two miles through dark Netherton Tunnel (option).

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).