Best walks to or from Stratford-upon-Avon

Henley-in-Arden Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Station

16km.

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.

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Honeybourne Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Station

15km.

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. First section still in use for goods traffic; moderately busy road between Pebworth and Long Marston.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Station to Warwick Parkway Station

17km. Moderate ascents. 4h30.

Riverside path with fields and with moderate climbs.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Station

Easy: 3km, gentle ascents. 1h.

Canal towpath.

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Wilmcote Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Station

Easy: 3km, flat terrain. 1h.

Canal towpath.

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