Walks from Henley-in-Arden
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Henley-in-Arden Station.
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Henley-in-Arden Circular via Henley-in-Arden Guildhall
Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden to Stratford-upon-Avon
Countryside walk across fields and canal towpath; gently hilly and wooded. Walk connects two 12th-century market towns via the 1816 Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, ending at Shakespeare's birthplace.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–7h30
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Henley-in-Arden to Warwick
Impressively deep cutting (canal near Hatton). Warwickshire countryside and Grand Union Canal towpath; gently wooded. Medieval market town of Henley-in-Arden founded 13th century; Warwick is Warwickshire's county town. Route traverses remnants of Forest of Arden with ancient hedgerows from 16th century.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 4h30–9h
Warnings: Path can be churned up and muddy; M40 motorway traffic; traffic on country lanes.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden
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: 4h–8h
Warnings: Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Henley-in-Arden to Kenilworth
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.
Wythall to Henley-in-Arden
A varied route on good pavement out of Wythall, then field paths and woodland through the Forest of Arden and crossing the M42 by an underpass. Several sections are not well walked or signposted and need careful navigation; paths can get very muddy in wet weather. Passes Clowes Wood and New Fallings Coppice; can be split at The Lakes station.
Time: 4h–7h30
Lunch: Lunch opportunities in Wood End or Tanworth in Arden.
Warnings: Several poorly signposted, faint sections need careful navigation with a map or OS app; paths to Kidpile Farm get very muddy in wet weather.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Redditch to Henley-in-Arden
Solihull to Henley-in-Arden
Very similar to the parallel route, with a 0.75-mile stretch of dangerous road walking on Box Trees Road due to narrow and uneven verges and fast traffic.
Time: 5h–10h
Warnings: Around 0.75 miles of dangerous road walking on Box Trees Road, with narrow uneven verges, fast traffic and bends; a field path is used to reach a safer crossing point.
Walk details: Slow Ways.