Green walks by rail from Birmingham

This list includes walks which may be reached (in whole or in part) by rail from Birmingham stations (Moor Street, New Street and Snow Hill).

Routes

  • Brampton Valley Way
    A 23km route on the trackbed of the railway between Chapel Brampton and Little Bowden.
  • Centenary Way (Warwickshire)
    A walk of 161km between Kingsbury Water Park and Upper Quinton.
  • Chiltern Railway Walk
    A 238km walk between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street.
  • Clay Way
    A 19km walk between Millbrook and Bromham.
  • Coventry Way
    A 67km circuit of Coventry.
  • Grand Union Canal Walk
    A 227km walk along the towpath of the canal between the River Thames at Brentford and Birmingham’s famous Gas Street Basin.
  • Heart of England Way
    A 166km walk between Milford (in Staffordshire) and Bourton-on-the-Water.
  • Jurassic Way
    A walk of 144km between Banbury and Stamford.
  • Kidsgrove to Stoke Ridgeway
    A 14km walk between Kidsgrove and Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Leicestershire Round
    A 167km circuit in Leicestershire taking in Burrough Hill, Frolesworth, Mountsorrel and Frisby-on-the-Wreake.
  • Midshires Way
    A 361km walk between Princes Risborough and Stockport.
  • Millennium Way
    A walk of 168km between Middleton Cheney and Pershore, via Meriden.
  • Monarch’s Way
    A 936km walk between Worcester and Southwick, following the route taken (following the Battle of Worcester) by King Charles I (1600-49).
  • National Forest Way
    A walk of 120km through the area of the National Forest between Beacon Hill (Charnwood) and the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas.
  • North Worcestershire Path
    A 60km walk between the Birmingham suburb of Shirley and the Severnside town of Bewdley.
  • Oxford Canal Path
    A walk of 129km between Oxford and Hawkesbury Junction, on the north-eastern tip of Coventry.
  • Shakespeare’s Avon Way
    A walk of 151km following the Warwickshire Avon from its source at Naseby to its outflow into the Severn at Tewkesbury.
  • Shakespeare’s Way
    A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright.
  • Shropshire Way
    A 296km walk around Shropshire (plus a couple of fields in Wales).
  • Shropshire Way: Haughmond link
    A walk of 8km, linking Haughmond and Shrewsbury.
  • Staffordshire Way
    A walk of 165km between Kinver and Kidsgrove.
  • Worcestershire Way
    A 50km walk between Bewdley and Great Malvern.
  • Wychavon Way
    A 65km walk between Droitwich and Broadway.

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