Walks you can reach from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway by train
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
30 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Henley-in-Arden Circular via Henley-in-Arden Guildhall (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Lapworth Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 2h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Danzey Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.
Time: 1h30
Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
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).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Wilmcote to Wootton Wawen (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
River Alne banks, canal village, old railway track, open fields, ridge and furrow, flood bank and historic villages.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Bearley to Claverdon (Warwickshire)
5 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Ancient villages, leafy woodland, open fields, canal aqueduct, nature reserve and country lanes.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Electric fence near stables.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Claverdon to Hatton (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Gently rolling farmland, woodland pockets and canal towpath.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden to Warwick (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway.
Impressively deep cutting (canal near Hatton). Warwickshire countryside and Grand Union Canal towpath; gently wooded. Medieval market town of Henley-in-Arden founded 13th century; Warwick is Warwickshire's county town. Route traverses remnants of Forest of Arden with ancient hedgerows from 16th century.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 4h30–9h
Warnings: Path can be churned up and muddy; M40 motorway traffic; traffic on country lanes.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).