Walks you can reach from Coleshill Parkway by train

Water Orton Station to Tamworth Station (Warwickshire)

4m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

18km.

Mostly on canal towpaths. Through Anglo-Saxon Mercia's territory, passing sites associated with Queen Æthelflæd. Heavy traffic on narrow ancient bridge across River Tame near Water Orton.

Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route

Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

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)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

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)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

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)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

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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Birmingham New Street Station to Five Ways Station (Warwickshire)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

Easy: 1km, flat terrain. 30m.

Canal towpath. Not wheelchair-accessible — steps with no ramp alternative.

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Nuneaton Station Circular via Hartshill (Warwickshire)

15m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

18km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–8h.

Parks, river, country park, and canal.

Lunch stop: the Stag and Pheasant (2h–3h30 in).

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 a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route

Barrow-upon-Soar Station to Leicester Station (Leicestershire)

30m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

Tough: 21km. Flat terrain. 5h30–9h30.

On decent paths.

Lunch stops in Birstall (3h30–6h in): the Earl of Stamford, the Old Plough, or the White Horse.

End-of-walk rewards: the Corn Exchange, or the Rainbow and Dove.

Adapted from a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route

Leicester Station Circular via Charles Wilson Building (Leicestershire)

30m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

1km.

Midland's Best Modernist Panorama. University College Leicester established 1921 as memorial to WWI fallen; campus features notable postwar modernist architecture by Denys Lasdun, Ove Arup, and James Stirling.

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South Wigston Station to Leicester Station (Leicestershire)

30m direct from Coleshill Parkway.

10km.

Canal towpath and cycle greenway. Route ends at Leicester Cathedral where Richard III's remains were interred in 2013.

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Melton Mowbray Station to Oakham Station (Leicestershire)

1h direct from Coleshill Parkway.

Tough: 21km. Moderate ascents. 5h30–9h30.

Rural countryside.

Lunch stops: Little Spice Box (3h–5h30 in), or the White Lion Inn (3h30–5h30 in).

End-of-walk rewards: the Railway Inn, or the Grainstore Brewery.

Adapted from a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route