Walks you can reach from Widney Manor by train

Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.

Time: 5h

Warnings: Steep descents.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Railwalks (inc. GPX).

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).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.

Time: 3h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

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).

Rural countryside paths and canal towpath past lock flight.

Time: 2h

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.

Time: 1h30

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

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).

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).

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).

Wealthy suburbia, country lanes, Grand Union Canal towpath and open fields.

Time: 2h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

Canal towpath, River Cole valley, country park, wetlands, grasslands, woodland, heath and urban paths.

Time: 3h30

Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).

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).