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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 Lapworth StationLapworth

40 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 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.

0.4 km E · spans 9 counties

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.

0.5 km SW · Warwickshire & West Midlands

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.

1.1 km E

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.

1.4 km W

Photo of Henley-in-Arden, a village in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Henley-in-Arden

Village

A market town with a mile-long High Street of medieval and Tudor buildings, reckoned among England's finest.

6.9 km SW · Warwickshire

Photo of Hatton Locks, a landmark near Lowsonford, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Hatton Locks

Landmark near Lowsonford

The 21-lock 'Stairway to Heaven' carrying the Grand Union Canal up a hillside near Warwick, with a towpath walk and canalside cafe.

7.3 km SE

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

8.3 km S · spans 14 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.

9.2 km E

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.

9.5 km N

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.

0.7 km S · spans 4 counties

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.

0.8 km SW

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.

4.9 km N · West Midlands & Warwickshire

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.

5.2 km N

Photo of The Hatton Arms, a pub in Warwickshire, central England.

The Hatton Arms

Pub near Hatton

A pub at the top of the 21-lock Hatton Flight, looking down the Grand Union's climb towards Warwick.

7 km SE

Photo of Earlswood Moat House, an ancient site near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England.

Earlswood Moat House

Ancient site near Lapworth

A National Trust place in Warwickshire.

7.2 km W

East Chase Distillers

Distillery near Kenilworth

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

8.8 km E

Photo of Wootton Wawen, a village in Warwickshire, central England.

Wootton Wawen

Village

An Arden village on the Stratford Canal, home to St Peter's, the oldest church in Warwickshire with Saxon fabric.

9.1 km SW · Warwickshire

Everything else within 10 km (23) — 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.