Walks you can reach from Acocks Green by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands
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Hagley to Barnt Green (Worcestershire)
45 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
45 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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).
Droitwich Spa to Hartlebury (Worcestershire)
1 hour direct from Acocks Green.
Parkland and field paths past lakes and fishing ponds.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
End-of-walk reward: A pub and brewery at Hartlebury near the end.
Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Solihull Circular via Brueton Park (Warwickshire)
5 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Town centre, parks, ornamental gardens, lake, River Blythe, woodland and open fields.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge Circular via Packwood House (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
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.
Packwood House (National Trust)
Baddesley Clinton (National Trust)
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Fairly busy road; muddy field conditions.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Olton to Shirley (Warwickshire)
2 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Canal towpath, River Cole valley, country park, wetlands, grasslands, woodland, heath and urban paths.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Solihull to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
5 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
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: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Some low bridges requiring ducking; steep ramp at end.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust)
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Bournville (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Canal towpath, urban paths and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.
Waterway: four fifths along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust)
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Widney Manor to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
9 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
Suburban footways, countryside paths and river crossing.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Dorridge to Henley-in-Arden (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Acocks Green.
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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy road section near King's Arms Inn; fields can be muddy.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).