Walks you can reach from Leamington Spa by train
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Wendover to Princes Risborough (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Leamington Spa.
Highly recommended: Really beautiful rolling woodlands with a cosy family-run pub lunch and a saunter through Chequers. Mostly secluded.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
View of Chequers (2h in)
2 lunch spots: Buckmoorend Farm Shop (1h45 in; outdoor seating and light meals only, e.g. burgers, sausage rolls, ice cream, hot drinks), but really high quality!), or the Swan (2h45 in; cosy old family-run pub with great food)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Bird in Hand
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.
1 lunch spot: the Black Horse (1h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Wheat Field, or the Bird in Hand
Source: Trains2Green.
Oxford Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes and historic squares.
Pitt Rivers Museum (2h45 in)
Oxford (3h15 in)
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h15 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30 mins in), or the Anchor (2h in)
8 end-of-walk rewards: the Lamb & Flag, Oxford, the Red Lion, the Turf Tavern, the Bear, the Crown, the Royal Blenheim, the Castle Pub, or the Jolly Farmers
Warnings: Two fifths urban. Can be flooded.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Nuneaton Circular via Hartshill (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Parks, river, country park and canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
1 lunch spot: the Stag and Pheasant (2h 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.
High Wycombe Circular via Hughenden (Buckinghamshire)
45 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Coventry Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
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 Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Leamington Spa.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).