Walks you can reach from Wilmcote by train
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Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
6 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
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)
30 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
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).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
6 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Henley-in-Arden Circular via Henley-in-Arden Guildhall (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Danzey Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.
Time: 1h30
Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Warwick Circular via Warwick Castle (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
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).
Leamington Spa Circular via Warwick (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Bearley to Claverdon (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Ancient villages, leafy woodland, open fields, canal aqueduct, nature reserve and country lanes.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Electric fence near stables.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden to Stratford-upon-Avon (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
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.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–7h30
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Henley-in-Arden to Warwick (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
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).
Claverdon to Hatton (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Wilmcote.
Gently rolling farmland, woodland pockets and canal towpath.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).