Walks near Warwick by train
Stations: Warwick Parkway · Warwick
MapA day hike in the countryside is just a simple train journey away — explore the most charmingly located railway stations near Warwick and plan your next day of green.
Alternatively, view walks directly from Warwick.
Princes Risborough to Wendover (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Warwick.
Highly recommended: Beech woods, chalk downlands, high ridgeline, nature reserves, escarpments with wide views and a pleasant old market town.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h
1 end-of-walk reward: the Shoulder of Mutton
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Princes Risborough to Great Missenden (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Warwick.
Sloping fields, beech woods, hamlets, upmarket farms, cottages and two short steep hills with fine views.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
30 minutes direct from Warwick.
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: 4h–7h30
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).
Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
45 minutes from Warwick, with one change.
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).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Warwick.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Lapworth Circular (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.
Time: 2h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Warwick 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).
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Banbury Circular via Milton Church (Northamptonshire)
30 minutes direct from Warwick.
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).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Warwick.
Haddenham and Thame Parkway Circular via Brill (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Warwick.
Rolling arable farmland, hilltop villages, hayfields, meadows, pastures and far-reaching panoramic views.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Kenilworth Circular via Kenilworth Castle (Warwickshire)
15 minutes from Warwick, with one change.
Historic market town, farmland, open countryside, woodland, brooks and bridleways.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).