Walks from Stratford-upon-Avon

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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

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).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.

Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Canal towpath along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, flat surfaced path.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Countryside walk across fields and canal towpath; gently hilly and wooded. Walk connects two 12th-century market towns via the 1816 Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, ending at Shakespeare's birthplace.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

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

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Riverside path with fields and with moderate climbs.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Railwalks.

A route with a few sections on pavements and a few on roads with no pavement. Parts are very overgrown and poorly maintained in summer; a track between the A4189 and B4463 is very overgrown and of uncertain status. The path from Snitterfield Lane can get very muddy after heavy rain. Misses out crossing the A46.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Some sections on roads have no pavement. A track between the A4189 and the B4463 is very overgrown and may not be a right of way.

Walk details: Slow Ways.