Walks you can reach from Warwick Parkway by train
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Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
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 Parkway.
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).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway Circular via Brill (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Warwick Parkway.
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).
Hatton to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
Canal towpath, tunnel sections, narrow path sections, low bridges and Warwickshire countryside.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Narrow path sections.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
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.
Time: 4h–8h
Warnings: Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Dorridge to Lapworth (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
Wealthy suburbia, country lanes, Grand Union Canal towpath and open fields.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Solihull to Birmingham Moor Street (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
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.
Waterway: four fifths along the Grand Union Canal.
Time: 3h30–6h30
Warnings: Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Haddenham and Thame Parkway to Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
1 hour direct from Warwick Parkway.
Flat Thame Valley farmland, tranquil hamlets, pastures, community woodland and stately mansion grounds.
Time: 5h
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Claverdon to Hatton (Warwickshire)
4 minutes direct from Warwick Parkway.
Gently rolling farmland, woodland pockets and canal towpath.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).