Walks you can reach from Dorridge by train
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Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
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.
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)
3 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
45 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Gentle farmland, fields, wooded boundaries, villages, quiet lanes and canal.
Warnings: Map reading required.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Lapworth to Warwick (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Dorridge.
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.
Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Solihull to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Mostly towpath along the Birmingham branch of the Grand Union Canal. Canal authorized in 1793 connecting Digbeth to Warwick; modernized in 1930s; freight traffic ceased by 1970s.
Waterway: four fifths along the Grand Union Canal.
Warnings: Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Olton to Shirley (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Canal towpath, River Cole valley, country park, wetlands, grasslands, woodland, heath and urban paths.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Hatton to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Canal towpath, tunnel sections, narrow path sections, low bridges and Warwickshire countryside.
Warnings: Narrow path sections.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Claverdon to Hatton (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Dorridge.
Gently rolling farmland, woodland pockets and canal towpath.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).