Walks from Warwick

Historic market town, River Avon, Grand Union Canal towpath, open fields, racecourse, golf course and woodland.

Time: 4h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Impressively deep cutting (canal near Hatton). Warwickshire countryside and Grand Union Canal towpath; gently wooded. Medieval market town of Henley-in-Arden founded 13th century; Warwick is Warwickshire's county town. Route traverses remnants of Forest of Arden with ancient hedgerows from 16th century.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 4h30–9h

Warnings: Path can be churned up and muddy; M40 motorway traffic; traffic on country lanes.

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

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Impressive deep cutting (Shrewley). Warwickshire countryside along the Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick Castle founded 1068; transformed to stately home by Fulke Greville in early 17th century. Grand Union Canal modernised extensively in 1930s.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Grand Union Canal.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 3h30–7h

Warnings: No towpath through Shrewley Tunnel — alternative route via village required.

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

Impressively deep cutting. Primarily along Grand Union Canal towpath. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, home to the Collegiate Church of St Mary with its 40-metre tower. The Great Fire of 1693 destroyed much of the town.

Waterway: four fifths along the Grand Union Canal.

Time: 5h30–10h30

Warnings: Muddy field conditions possible; infrequent train service from Warwick.

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

A pleasant walk that leaves Solihull's suburbs through parks and underpasses, then takes on a more rural feel with several kissing gates, small wooden bridges and woodland, before the urban edge of Kenilworth returns. Sections would get very muddy after prolonged rain and there is some road walking. The big abandoned house north of the underpass is Woodloes Farmhouse, a Grade II* listed building; the 4m sandstone formation in nearby woodland is North Woodloes Quarry.

Time: 2h30–4h30

1 lunch spot: the Cape of Good Hope

Warnings: A quarter urban. Land west of the golf course can be very marshy or flooded outside dry spells, requiring a detour; a footpath may be blocked by an overgrown gate with trees grown through it; some sections get very muddy after rain.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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: 5h–9h30

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.