Tile Hill Railway Station, Rail Trails

Start : Tile Hill Railway Station (CV4 8AS) Grid ref. SP 275 775

(S/E) Leave Tile Hill Station from Platform 2. Continue ahead along the access road to Duggins Rd. Turn right to cross and then turn left along Station Avenue.

At the traffic lights, cross to turn right along Tile Hill Lane (B4101). Continue with Plants Hill Wood on your right to the brow of the hill. Cross the road opposite West Coventry Academy School and enter the woodland, Pig Wood to the left. Once through the green metal barrier continue ahead with the school on your left.

(1) Soon after the path turns to the right cross a wooden footbridge by a large pond on your right. Continue along the path with a low metal rail to your right.

(2) At the path junction turn left to leave the woods. Turn left along Hawthorn Lane.

Where Hawthorn Lane bends to the right continue ahead along access path behind houses and turn Left to enter Tile Hill Wood (A) through metal Kissing Gate. Take the left hand path and continue straight ahead until you reach the first obvious path on your right.

(3) Turn right and continue to a pond on your left. Cross the wooden footbridge, turn right and after about 10m turn left crossing several wooden footbridges across ditches. Continue until you reach a second pond on your left.

(4) Turn left, keeping the pond on your left.

(5) At the next path junction turn right. At the end of this path, with a pond in front of you turn left. Continue until you leave the woods.

(6) Turn right along Banner Lane. Continue to the pedestrian lights. Cross and turn left along Astoria Drive, passing The Penny Farthing on your left. Turn left along Monticello Way.

(7) Near the post box, cross to turn right along the path by the children’s play areas. At the end of this path just after it turns to the right turn left up some steps to a metal kissing gate. Go through the gate.

(8) Turn left to walk along the field edge. At the end through another kissing gate and turn right through a kissing gate to enter Massey Ferguson Sports Ground. Turn Left, with a metal barrier rail on your right. Follow this path as it turns right at the field corner.

(9) Just before the end of the metal barrier turn left through a metal kissing Gate and over a wooden footbridge. Walk half left to come out into an open area of scrub grassland. Follow the clear grassy path. Continue straight ahead, ignoring paths to your left until you enter a small wooded area.

(10) Where the path forks, take the left fork. Leave the wooded area by a large Oak tree and green metal barrier. Cross the open field along the left edge towards another children’s play area on your right. Cross the car park to the road, Tanners Lane (B4101).

Turn left until just before the traffic lights, cross the road. Turn right along Conway Ave. Continue to Duggins Lane, turn left and then right to retrace your steps to the station. (S/E)

Start : Tile Hill Railway Station (CV4 8AS) Grid ref. SP 275 775

Transport : Tile Hill is on the West Coast Mainline running between Bearley Birmingham & Coventry. There are two trains an hour Wilmcote to both Birmingham New Street and London Euston via Coventry and Northampton.
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There are limited facilities available at this station.

Refreshments: Quite handily, about half way along this trail you’ll pass the Penny Farthing pub, the Rupee Lounge and a Subway, so whatever takes your fancy you needn’t go hungry. On the return leg, you’ll pass the Auction House where you can stop off for a drink before heading back to the train station.
If you need a shop, a slight detour will take you to the Nisa Local on Jardine Crescent.
The Auction House: A traditional, family friendly pub with beautiful beer garden. Dog friendly and extremely handily located en-route to the station for a post walk pint (or, if required, a pre-walk fortified)!

The Penny Farthing: An easy halfway stop-off, The Penny Farthing is a modern, family friendly pub serving an eclectic menu. Choose from light bites to more substantial classic English staples to keep you going!

The Rupee Lounge : For a more substantial stop-off, why not check out this Indian restaurant and take-away, serving a taste of the Himalaya? Tandoor, clay brick specialities, fish specials as well as Indian classics.

Hickory’s Smokehouse : For something a little different post-walk, we can highly recommend a short trip to Barbeque heaven in nearby Burton Green. Proper cuts of meat delivering the authentic tastes of the Deep South.

Discover the Heart of England by rail at Heart Community Rail Trail here.

(A) After passing Plants Hill Wood and Pig Wood, you’ll reach Tile Hill Wood. Established as a Nature Reserve as far back as 1930, it is also designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its rich variety of flora and fauna.
Tile Hill Wood : Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland covering almost 70 acres and has excellent examples of Norway spruce, European larch and hazel coppice. Don’t miss Keepers Meadow, with its canopy of sycamore, oak, spruce, birch, chestnut, ash and pine.
Did you know?
Tile Hill was the site of the former Massey Ferguson/ AGCO tractor factory which, in its heyday, was the largest tractor factory in the world. Along with it’s offices and social club, the factory closed in 2003.
worth a visit regardless. Tile Hill was the former home of George Shaw, an English contemporary artist short-listed for the Turner Award in 2011. Shaw was brought up in Tile Hill in the 1970’s and the neighbourhood forms the subject of most of his paintings.

St Oswald’s Church: Anglican parish church for Tile Hill. Built in Brutalist style in 1956 by the architect Basil Spence (most well known for his work on Coventry Cathedral). Very different to your run-of-the-mill country church but worth a visit regardless.