Walks you can reach from Aston by train
Warwickshire · West Midlands of England | Walks by foot
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Birmingham Moor Street Station to Duddeston Station (Warwickshire)
2m direct from Aston.
Easy: 3km, flat terrain. 1h.
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Gravelly Hill Station to Erdington Station (Warwickshire)
3m direct from Aston.
Easy: 1km, gentle ascents. 30m.
Streets and pavements.
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Erdington Station to Chester Road Station (Warwickshire)
6m direct from Aston.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
Streets and pavements.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Aston.
10km.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Bournville Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Aston.
8km.
Canal towpath, urban paths, and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Smethwick Rolfe Street Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Aston.
6km.
Canal towpath. Walk along Birmingham Canal Navigation from city center to ethnically diverse Smethwick.
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Birmingham New Street Station to University Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Aston.
5km.
Spectacular modernist architecture. Canal towpath and university campus paths. Urban walk through Birmingham's industrial heritage and prestigious university grounds. Steep slope approaching campus.
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West Bromwich Central Station to Hamstead Station
7m direct from Aston.
6km.
A true green lung and corridor through strikingly bucolic Sandwell Valley. Urban streets, holloway track, open fields and scrubland, tarmac paths beside lakes, sandy flood-defence embankment, and residential roads. Return via Hamstead Railway Station (Birmingham New Street–Walsall line) or buses 16/16A. Narrow undergrowth path near the Hamstead end — clear and well-trodden but thick vegetation; M5 motorway bridge crossing.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Five Ways Station (Warwickshire)
7m direct from Aston.
Easy: 1km, flat terrain. 30m.
Canal towpath. Not wheelchair-accessible — steps with no ramp alternative.
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Chester Road Station to Wylde Green Station (Warwickshire)
9m direct from Aston.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
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Wylde Green Station to Sutton Coldfield Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Aston.
Easy: 3km, gentle ascents. 1h.
Streets and pavements.
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Sutton Coldfield Station to Lichfield City Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Aston.
19km.
Varied suburban and exurban and rural terrain. Connects Sutton Coldfield to historic cathedral city of Lichfield via Anglo-Saxon Shenstone and Roman remains at Wall where Watling Street and Icknield Street met. Camp Road has high traffic, tight bends and heavy lorries; M6 Toll, A5, A5148 crossings; low-hanging power lines.