Walks in Warwickshire by train
MapA day hike in the countryside is just a simple train journey away — explore the most charmingly located railway stations in Warwickshire and plan your next day of green.
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park
8 minutes direct from Birmingham Moor Street.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Marston Green Circular via Sheldon Country Park
15 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Suburban paths, airport perimeter fence, woodland, open parkland, country park, lakes and meadows.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be noisy (airport).
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House
15 minutes direct from Birmingham Moor Street.
Quintessential English country house. Countryside; partly along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Packwood House is a 16th-century half-timbered manor house extensively reimagined in 1920s by Baron Ash; gifted to National Trust in 1941.
Packwood House (National Trust)
Baddesley Clinton (National Trust)
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Hampton-in-Arden Circular
15 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Tarmac village lanes, river crossing and nature reserve paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Lapworth Circular
15 minutes direct from Birmingham Moor Street.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Berkswell Circular
15 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Countryside and farmland tracks, village lanes.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Coventry Circular
15 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
City streets, canal basin and historic centre.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Tile Hill Circular
30 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Woodland paths and suburban footways through nature reserve.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle
30 minutes direct from Birmingham Moor Street.
Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick
30 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Nuneaton Circular via Hartshill
30 minutes direct from Birmingham New Street.
Parks, river, country park and canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Stag and Pheasant (2h in)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Lord Hop, the Felix Holt, the George Eliot Hotel, the Black Swan In Hand, or the Silk Mill
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.
Wood End Circular
30 minutes direct from Birmingham Moor Street.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).