Walks you can reach from Leamington Spa by train
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Princes Risborough to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Leamington Spa.
Highly recommended: Beech woods, chalk downlands, high ridgeline, nature reserves, escarpments with wide views and a pleasant old market town.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Chilterns Countryside (National Trust; 4h15 in)
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Swan (2h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Shoulder of Mutton
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Princes Risborough Circular via Ninn Wood (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Leamington Spa.
Recommended
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Black Horse (1h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Wheat Field, or the Bird in Hand
Source: Trains2Green.
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Leamington Spa.
Sloping fields, beech woods, hamlets, upmarket farms, cottages and two short steep hills with fine views.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
30 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
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).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Kenilworth Circular via Kenilworth Castle (Warwickshire)
7 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Historic market town, farmland, open countryside, woodland, brooks and bridleways.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Coventry Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
City streets, canal basin and historic centre.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Gentle farmland, fields, wooded boundaries, villages, quiet lanes and canal.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Map reading required.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Lapworth Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Quintessential English country house. Countryside; partly along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Packwood House is a 16th-century half-timbered manor house extensively reimagined in 1920s by Baron Ash; gifted to National Trust in 1941.
Packwood House (National Trust)
Baddesley Clinton (National Trust)
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Bedworth Circular via Bulkington (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Market town, field paths, Coventry Canal towpath, Ashby Canal towpath, village streets, suburban roads and woodland edge.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).