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Photo of Kenilworth Castle, a motte & bailey near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.

Kenilworth Castle© DeFacto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Berkswell StationBerkswell

36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Grace and Savour at Hampton Manor, a restaurant near Hampton-in-Arden, the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Grace and Savour at Hampton Manor

Restaurant · With rooms near Hampton-in-Arden

Kitchen-garden tasting menus in the walled garden of a Victorian country manor.

5.3 km NW

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

5.5 km W · spans 9 counties

Photo of Kenilworth Castle, a motte & bailey near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.Iconic

Kenilworth Castle

Motte & bailey · Castle near Coventry

Red sandstone ruin, Elizabeth I's Leicester romance.

6.6 km SE

Photo of Baddesley Clinton, a house & garden near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Baddesley Clinton

House & garden near Lapworth

Romantic moated medieval manor with priest holes.

7.5 km SW

Photo of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, a 26-mile canal running from King's Norton Junction to Stratford-upon-Avon, central England.Iconic

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Canal

Through the old Forest of Arden to Shakespeare's town, saved by volunteers in the 1960s restoration that changed canal history.

8.7 km SW · Warwickshire & West Midlands

Photo of Packwood House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Packwood House

House & garden near Lapworth

Tudor house with famous yew topiary garden.

8.9 km SW

Photo of Coventry Cathedral, a cathedral in the West Midlands, central England.Highlight

Coventry Cathedral

Cathedral near Coventry

Basil Spence's 1962 cathedral joined to the bombed shell of the old one, a pairing built around peace and reconciliation.

9.3 km E

Photo of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Coventry, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Stoneleigh Abbey

House & garden near Coventry

A grand baroque wing on a former Cistercian abbey where Jane Austen once stayed.

10 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Heart of England Way, a 104-mile long-distance path running from Cannock Chase to Bourton-on-the-Water, England.

Heart of England Way

Long-distance path

The Midlands' green spine, from Cannock Chase through the old Forest of Arden to Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

1.3 km NW · spans 4 counties

Photo of the River Blythe, a 25-mile river running from Earlswood to River Tame at Coleshill, central England.

River Blythe

River

A lowland clay river winding through Warwickshire and Solihull, unusual for never having been straightened.

2.7 km NW · West Midlands & Warwickshire

East Chase Distillers

Distillery near Kenilworth

A farm distillery near Kenilworth making Heritage Gin, with gin-making experiences and evening tastings.

5.4 km SE

Photo of Knowle: Children's Field, a country estate near Lapworth, the West Midlands, central England.

Knowle: Children's Field

Country estate near Lapworth

A National Trust place in West Midlands.

6.1 km W

Photo of The Boot Inn, a pub near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.

The Boot Inn

Pub near Lapworth

A canal-country dining pub at Lapworth, named among the best in the county.

9 km SW

Photo of the Coventry Canal, a 38-mile canal running from Coventry Basin to Fradley Junction, central England.

Coventry Canal

Canal

A coal-carrying artery of the eighteenth century, from Coventry Basin to the Trent & Mersey at Fradley Junction.

9.1 km E · Warwickshire, Staffordshire & West Midlands

Photo of London Road Cemetery, Coventry, a Grade I registered house & garden in the West Midlands, central England.

London Road Cemetery, Coventry

House & garden near Coventry

Joseph Paxton's 1847 garden cemetery, holding a mass grave from the Coventry Blitz.

9.7 km E

Everything else within 10 km (21) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.