Walks you can reach from Coventry Arena by train

Market town, field paths, Coventry Canal towpath, Ashby Canal towpath, village streets, suburban roads and woodland edge.

Time: 3h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

City streets, canal basin and historic centre.

Time: 1h30

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Parks, river, country park and canal.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 4h30–9h30

1 lunch spot: the Stag and Pheasant (2h–4h 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.

Historic market town, farmland, open countryside, woodland, brooks and bridleways.

Time: 3h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Walk details: Rail Rambles.

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: 2h30–5h30

Warnings: A third urban. Muddy sections possible.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Canal towpath, field paths and suburban edges.

Time: 2h

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Nature reserve, parkland and suburban green corridor.

Time: 1h30

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Recommended: Good views; varied scenery. A varied, fairly peaceful route that keeps away from roads as much as possible and with mostly dry going and good views. The shorter route to the west of the golf course can be a swamp; this route stays mostly dry.

Time: 3h30–7h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A pleasant, fairly direct route on a mix of pavements, farm tracks, towpath and lanes and including a stretch along the Ashby Canal and across wide open fields by the infant River Anker. The towpath and a bridleway between hedges can be very wet and muddy. Follows the Ashby Canal for a stretch. Transport links, shops and stops at either end.

Time: 2h30–5h

1 lunch spot: the Lime Kilns

Warnings: A quarter urban. On the A4254 Eastboro Way, stay on the south side as the north pavement disappears where crossing is awkward. The section east of Attleborough is very wet and muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A relaxing, easy-to-follow route mainly along the Coventry Canal towpath and with short pavement sections through the towns at each end. The towpath surface varies and can be muddy in places. Follows the Coventry Canal; passes canal marinas, evidence of quarrying and an information board on the possible site of Boudica's last battle. A direct train links the two towns.

Waterway: four fifths along the Coventry Canal.

Time: 2h30–5h

Lunch: Shops and a variety of supermarkets in Nuneaton, with stops and shops at both ends.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Rewarded by a great 360 view of the surrounding countryside. A varied countryside walk over agricultural land and through villages, woodland and across canals, with plenty of gates, stiles, bridges and steps. There is an early climb onto a motte-and-bailey, some road walking and sections can get very muddy after rain. Crosses both the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Grand Union Canal. The route passes through an old tractor graveyard with rusting machinery.

Time: 5h–10h

1 lunch spot: the Case is Altered

Warnings: Plenty of stiles and gates; some sections can be very muddy after rain. Several road sections to negotiate.

Walk details: Slow Ways.