Walks you can reach from Olton by train
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Hagley to Barnt Green (Worcestershire)
45 minutes direct from Olton.
Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
45 minutes direct from Olton.
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: 4h–7h30
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).
Droitwich Spa to Hartlebury (Worcestershire)
1 hour direct from Olton.
Parkland and field paths past lakes and fishing ponds.
Time: 3h–6h
End-of-walk reward: A pub and brewery at Hartlebury near the end.
Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Olton.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Olton.
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.
Time: 2h–4h
Warnings: Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Olton.
Solihull to Birmingham Moor Street (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Olton.
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.
Time: 3h30–6h30
Warnings: Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Widney Manor to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
7 minutes direct from Olton.
Suburban footways, countryside paths and river crossing.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Olton.
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).
Dorridge to Warwick (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Olton.
Impressively deep cutting. Primarily along Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, home to the Collegiate Church of St Mary with its 40-metre tower. The Great Fire of 1693 destroyed much of the town.
Waterway: four fifths along the Grand Union Canal.
Time: 5h30–10h30
Warnings: Muddy field conditions possible; infrequent train service from Warwick.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Dorridge to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Olton.
Wealthy suburbia, country lanes, Grand Union Canal towpath and open fields.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Claverdon to Hatton (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Olton.
Gently rolling farmland, woodland pockets and canal towpath.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).