Best walks near Warwick by train
Warwickshire · West Midlands of England | Walks by foot
Stations: Warwick Parkway · Warwick
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Oxford Station Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
45m from Warwick, with one change.
15km. Flat terrain. 4h–6h30.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes, and historic squares. Can be flooded.
Highlights: Pitt Rivers Museum and Oxford.
Lunch stops in Wolvercote (1h–2h in): the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn. Other lunch stops: the Perch (30m–1h in), or the Anchor (2h–3h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Lamb & Flag, Oxford, the Red Lion, the Turf Tavern, the Bear, the Crown, the Royal Blenheim, the Castle Pub, or the Jolly Farmers.
Nuneaton Station Circular via Hartshill (Warwickshire)
45m from Warwick, with one change.
18km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–8h.
Parks, river, country park, and canal.
Lunch stop: the Stag and Pheasant (2h–3h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Lord Hop, the Felix Holt, the George Eliot Hotel, the Black Swan In Hand, or the Silk Mill.
Adapted from a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route
Dorridge Station Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Warwick Parkway.
8km.
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. Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.
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Dorridge Station to Henley-in-Arden Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Warwick Parkway.
15km.
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. Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.
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Wood End Station to Dorridge Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Warwick Parkway.
10km.
Umberslade Estate features a manor house built 1695-1700 and the Umberslade Obelisk constructed in 1749 by the 1st Baron Archer.
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Solihull Station to Birmingham Moor Street Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Warwick Parkway.
12km.
Mostly towpath along the Birmingham branch of the Grand Union Canal. Canal authorized in 1793 connecting Digbeth to Warwick; modernized in 1930s; freight traffic ceased by 1970s. Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
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Berkswell Station to Solihull Station (Warwickshire)
15m direct from Warwick Parkway.
10km.
Surprisingly expansive landscape. Rural and suburban with boardwalks, fields, woodland, canal towpath, and residential streets. Walk crosses the Meridian Gap from Berkswell to Solihull, West Midlands' largest town, functioning as an affluent dormitory suburb of Birmingham. Muddy woodland path; pavement peters out near Hampton-in-Arden with tight bends.
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Henley-in-Arden Station to Stratford-upon-Avon Station (Warwickshire)
30m direct from Warwick.
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 (Gloucestershire)
30m direct from Warwick.
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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Coventry Station to Berkswell Station (Warwickshire)
15m from Warwick, with one change.
10km.
Picturesque village. Urban, suburban, and then rural. Walk traverses Coventry's historic common land including Hearsall Common and Tilehill Wood, medieval survivals preserved in the 1920s, before reaching Berkswell in the Meridian Gap. Muddy sections possible.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)
45m from Warwick, with one change.
10km.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Bournville Station (Warwickshire)
45m from Warwick, with one change.
8km.
Canal towpath, urban paths, and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.