Walks you can reach from Henley-in-Arden by train
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Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
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).
Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Danzey Circular (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wootton Wawen to Wilmcote (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Canal towpath, aqueduct, open fields, hedgerows and working farm.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be boggy/muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wood End to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Umberslade Estate features a manor house built 1695-1700 and the Umberslade Obelisk constructed in 1749 by the 1st Baron Archer.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
The Lakes to Earlswood (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Reservoir-side paths and woodland tracks through nature reserve.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Stratford-upon-Avon to Wilmcote (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Canal towpath along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, flat surfaced path.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Earlswood to Wythall (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Farmland, heathland, woodland, wet meadow, golf-course edge and river crossing.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wythall to Longbridge (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Rural with woodland, fields and suburban areas. Walk traces River Cole source on Severn-Trent watershed; passes moated medieval farmhouse; passes Shire Country Park.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy main roads; muddy footpath sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wythall to Shirley (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Henley-in-Arden.
Pasture and meadow paths through suburban-fringe countryside.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).