🥾 Walking route
Rail Trail: Canley > Coventry
West Midlands
- 📏 4.5 km · 2.8 mi
- ⛰ +91 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 15 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.5 km · 2.8 mi
- Elevation+91 m
- Duration1 hr 15 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainSurfaced paths and park trails with gentle gradients
- Best seasonYear-round; especially pleasant in spring and early autumn
- DogsDog-friendly on lead through parks and urban sections
About this walk
This linear rail trail links the suburb of Canley with the heart of Coventry, offering a gentle 4.5 km walk between the station and the city. Setting out from Canley, the route passes the Phantom Coach before dropping down to Canley Ford, a well-known local crossing point where the path threads through green space on the edge of the built-up area.
From there you climb gently past the intriguingly named Devil's Dungeon and continue towards the War Memorial, one of Coventry's most prominent landmarks. The trail then skirts Top Green Park before finishing at a point marked in honour of the poet Philip Larkin, who was born in the city.
Along the way and just off the line of the walk you'll find further reminders of Coventry's rich civic story, including tributes to cycling pioneer James Starley, novelist George Eliot and Tudor benefactor Sir Thomas White, plus quiet corners such as the Burnsall Road Community Wildlife Park and a Rose Garden if you want to extend the outing.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
7 waypoints along the way
- 1
Canley
- 2
Phantom Coach
- 3
Canley Ford
- 4
Devil's Dungeon
- 5
War Memorial
- 6
Top Green Park
- 7
Philip Larkin
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
James Starley
~330 m off the route
George Eliot Plaque
~342 m off the route
Sir Thomas White
~415 m off the route
Burnsall Road Community Wildlife Park
~319 m off the route
Rose Garden
~196 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).