Walks from Berkswell
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Berkswell Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Berkswell by train.
Berkswell Circular
Countryside and farmland tracks, village lanes.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Berkswell to Solihull
Surprisingly expansive landscape. Rural and suburban with boardwalks, fields, woodland, canal towpath and residential streets. Walk crosses the Meridian Gap from Berkswell to Solihull, West Midlands' largest town, functioning as an affluent dormitory suburb of Birmingham.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Muddy woodland path; pavement peters out near Hampton-in-Arden with tight bends.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Coventry to Berkswell
Picturesque village. Urban, suburban and then rural. Walk traverses Coventry's historic common land including Hearsall Common and Tilehill Wood, medieval survivals preserved in the 1920s, before reaching Berkswell in the Meridian Gap.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: A third urban. Muddy sections possible.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).