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

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal© Stephen McKay / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Wilmcote StationWilmcote

46 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

0.1 km NW · Warwickshire & West Midlands

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.

3.9 km E · spans 14 counties

Photo: Welcombe Hills and Clopton Park, a viewpoint near Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Welcombe Hills and Clopton Park

Viewpoint near Hampton Lucy

Grassy hills and woodland above Stratford crowned by the Welcombe Obelisk, with wide views over the Avon valley.

4.1 km SE

Photo of Welford-on-Avon, a village in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Welford-on-Avon

Village

Thatched cottages and one of England's tallest maypoles in a loop of the River Avon west of Stratford.

6.7 km S · Warwickshire

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.

7.8 km N · Warwickshire

Photo of Charlecote Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Charlecote Park

House & garden near Charlecote

Tudor house and deer park linked to Shakespeare.

9.2 km E

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.

9.8 km NE · spans 9 counties

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Aston Cantlow

Village

Half-timbered village on the River Alne where Shakespeare's parents are said to have married, with the medieval King's Head inn.

3.3 km NW · Warwickshire

Welcombe Hills Vineyard

Vineyard near Snitterfield

A long-established vineyard on the slopes at Snitterfield above Stratford, making award-winning still and sparkling English wines.

4.4 km E

Shakespeare Distillery

Distillery near Stratford-upon-Avon

A craft distillery near Stratford making Tudor-themed handcrafted gins and spirits, with tours and a gin school.

4.8 km SE

Photo of the River Avon (Warwickshire), a 47-mile river navigation running from Stratford-upon-Avon to Tewkesbury, England.

River Avon (Warwickshire)

River navigation

Shakespeare's Avon, restored to navigation by volunteers — from Stratford through Evesham's orchard country to the Severn at Tewkesbury.

5 km SE · Worcestershire, Warwickshire & Gloucestershire

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.

5.1 km N · Warwickshire

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.

6 km NW · spans 4 counties

Photo of Kinwarton Dovecote, an ancient site near Alcester, Warwickshire, central England.

Kinwarton Dovecote

Ancient site near Alcester

A National Trust place in Warwickshire.

6.2 km W

Photo of The Bell Inn (Welford-on-Avon), a pub in Warwickshire, central England.

The Bell Inn (Welford-on-Avon)

Pub near Welford-on-Avon

A riverside inn at Welford-on-Avon among the thatch, a short stroll from the maypole.

6.4 km S

Alcester

Village

A Roman town where a timber-framed High Street and narrow Malt Mill Lane survive largely unchanged.

7.8 km W · Warwickshire

Everything else within 10 km (30) — 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.