Walks you can reach from Solihull by train

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: Much-restored Tudor house, park and garden with notable topiary (National Trust; 2h to visit).

Baddesley Clinton: Discover a secluded, intimate estate set in the heart of the Forest of Arden with 500 years of fascinating and unexpected stories (National Trust; 2h30 to visit).

2 lunch spots: dorridge — Packwood House café, or Baddesley Clinton café

Warnings: Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

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).

Walk details: Rail Rambles.

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).

Canal towpath, River Cole valley, country park, wetlands, grasslands, woodland, heath and urban paths.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Suburban footways, countryside paths and river crossing.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

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.

Warnings: Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

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.

Warnings: Muddy field conditions possible; infrequent train service from Warwick.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Wealthy suburbia, country lanes, Grand Union Canal towpath and open fields.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Impressive deep cutting (Shrewley). Warwickshire countryside along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick Castle founded 1068; transformed to stately home by Fulke Greville in early 17th century. Grand Union Canal modernised extensively in 1930s.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Grand Union Canal.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).

Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

Birmingham Back to Backs: Experience 200 years of working people's lives in the heart of Birmingham (National Trust; 1h30 to visit).

Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).