Walks you can reach from Solihull by train
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Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Solihull.
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).
Lapworth Circular (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Solihull.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Solihull.
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).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Solihull.
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
45 minutes direct from Solihull.
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).
Olton to Shirley (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Solihull.
Canal towpath, River Cole valley, country park, wetlands, grasslands, woodland, heath and urban paths.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Widney Manor to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Solihull.
Suburban footways, countryside paths and river crossing.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Solihull.
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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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)
4 minutes direct from Solihull.
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: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Muddy field conditions possible; infrequent train service from Warwick.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Dorridge to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Solihull.
Wealthy suburbia, country lanes, Grand Union Canal towpath and open fields.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Lapworth to Warwick (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Solihull.
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.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Solihull.
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 (National Trust)
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).