Walks you can reach from Yardley Wood by train
Worcestershire · West Midlands
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
15 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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 Yardley Wood.
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)
15 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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)
15 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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 Yardley Wood.
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 Yardley Wood.
Town-centre pavements and riverside paths.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Shirley to The Lakes (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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)
6 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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)
6 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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)
9 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
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).
Wythall to Shirley (Worcestershire)
9 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
Pasture and meadow paths through suburban-fringe countryside.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Earlswood to Wythall (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from Yardley Wood.
Farmland, heathland, woodland, wet meadow, golf-course edge and river crossing.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).