Objective: Cycle from Shirley to Stratford-upon-Avon along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. Return by train to Shirley. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 2.75 hrs, 8. mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 2, pp 142-151 Costs: free parking in Shirley. Train from Stratford to Shirley £6.80, direct, 1 per hour. Difficulty: fair, but a few flights of shallow steps… Read More Shirley to Stratford
Objective: Take the train from Leamington Spa to Solihull. Cycle back down the grand Union Canal, past Kingswood Junction, and a couple of spectacular sets of locks, through Warwick to back to Leamington Spa. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 22 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 7.3 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 124-133 (also in Guide 1) Costs: free… Read More Solihull to Leamington Spa
Objective: park in between Solihull and Shirley. Cycle the Grand Union Canal from Solihull into Birmingham and up to Salford Junction. Cycle the Birmingham & Fazeley back into the centre of Birmingham, taking in the Digbeth Branch. Cycle the Worcester & Birmingham through Gas Street Basin as far as Kings Norton Junction, and then take… Read More Solihull to Shirley
Objective: take train from Bedworth to Tamworth, and cycle back along the Coventry Canal. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 8.2 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 53-59 Costs: free parking at Bedworth. Train from Bedworth to Tamworth £7.70 (1 per hour) Difficulty: fair Adjacent Rides: Coventry to Rugby,… Read More Fazeley Junction to Bedworth
Objective: take train from Rugby to Leamington Spa, and cycle back along the Grand Union and Oxford canals via Napton Junction to Rugby. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 26 miles Time to complete: 3.5 hrs, 7.4 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 3, pp 119-124, 141-143 Costs: free parking at Rugby. Train from Rugby to Leamington Spa… Read More Leamington Spa to Rugby
Objective: take train from Rugby to Coventry, and cycle back along the Coventry and Oxford canals, via Hawkesbury Junction. Trip Type: solo cycle Distance: 23 miles Time to complete: 3 hrs, 8.0 mph Nicholson Guide: Guide 1, pp 48-49, 53, 142-147 Costs: free parking at Rugby. Train from Rugby to Coventry £5.90 (11 minutes, 3… Read More Coventry to Rugby