Walks you can reach from Claverdon by train
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Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Beautiful line through the northern Cotswolds. Trackbed of old railway line, fields, roads through villages and flat greenway. Route follows the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway from 1859, closed for passenger services in 1968-1969, finally closed in 1976. Now a greenway.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: First section still in use for goods traffic; moderately busy road between Pebworth and Long Marston.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Lapworth Circular (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
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).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
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).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Claverdon.
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).
Hatton to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
5 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Canal towpath, tunnel sections, narrow path sections, low bridges and Warwickshire countryside.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Narrow path sections.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Lapworth to Warwick (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Impressive deep cutting (Shrewley). Warwickshire countryside along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick Castle founded 1068; transformed to stately home by Fulke Greville in early 17th century. Grand Union Canal modernised extensively in 1930s.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Grand Union Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wilmcote to Wootton Wawen (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Claverdon.
River Alne banks, canal village, old railway track, open fields, ridge and furrow, flood bank and historic villages.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Stratford-upon-Avon to Wilmcote (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Canal towpath along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, flat surfaced path.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Claverdon.
Countryside; primarily along canal towpaths. Henley-in-Arden is a medieval new town founded early 13th century when the lord of Beaudesert Castle purchased a market charter.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).