Walks you can reach from Spring Road by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
45 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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)
30 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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)
30 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
45 minutes direct from Spring Road.
Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Shirley to The Lakes (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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).
Birmingham to Kings Norton (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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 Spring Road.
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).
Whitlocks End to Birmingham (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Spring Road.
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)
15 minutes direct from Spring Road.
Farmland field paths, canal towpath and Christmas tree plantation.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wythall to Longbridge (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Spring Road.
Rural with woodland, fields and suburban areas. Walk traces River Cole source on Severn-Trent watershed; passes moated medieval farmhouse; passes Shire Country Park.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy main roads; muddy footpath sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).