Walks you can reach from Langley Green by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
45 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Langley Green.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Danzey Circular (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Langley Green.
Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden Circular via Henley-in-Arden Guildhall (Warwickshire)
1 hour direct from Langley Green.
Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Old Hill to Tipton (Staffordshire)
7 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Wild and dramatic escarpment (Rowley Hills). Mostly along canal towpaths through suburban towns and villages. Walk celebrates William Perry, the 'Tipton Slasher', a renowned 19th-century bareknuckle boxer born in Tipton in 1819.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Over two miles through dark Netherton Tunnel (option).
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Birmingham to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Langley 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)
15 minutes direct from Langley 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).
Kidderminster to Stourbridge (Worcestershire)
30 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Dramatic and beautiful edge (Kinver Edge). Hilly, wooded, red sandstone landscape and largely along canal towpaths. Walk traverses three counties across a landscape shaped by 17th-century glass, brick, and pottery industries powered by coal from nearby collieries.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 7h (5h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Roundabout crossing in Kidderminster requires use of subways.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Kidderminster to Blakedown (Worcestershire)
30 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Golf-course and field paths into rolling, wooded countryside dotted with ponds.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (PDF).
Shirley to The Lakes (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Canal towpath, Christmas tree plantations, farmland, forest and lakeside paths.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Trip hazard: anchored cable.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Whitlocks End to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Towpaths and river banks. Urban walk tracing Birmingham's waterpower heritage from suburbs to city center.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy roads to cross; low bridges on canal sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Whitlocks End to Shirley (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Langley Green.
Farmland field paths, canal towpath and Christmas tree plantation.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).