Travel to Start of Walk

This page gives you guidance on how to travel to the start of your walk - and of course from the finish!

Be Green - Travel by Bus or Train, or better still Walk or Cycle!

Walk or Cycle

Why not walk to the start when it is near your home?  Some of the Blue routes may suggest a good route.  If you are walking or cycling, get a copy of the Coventry Council's "Coventry Cycle Map and Guide" free leaflet - it contains a map of Coventry, marked to show routes to get you to you destination using the quietest, safest, greenest routes, and other useful information.

Bus

Why not travel by bus?  There are plenty of bus routes in Coventry, and one is bound to take you to near where you want to walk.  The only problems are:

• Finding out which bus companies cover the destination you want.  Travel Coventry and Travel West Midlands are the main providers, but there are lots of small companies running other routes, and Regional services which are often best to get to the outskirts of Coventry. 
• Finding out the timetable (see below)
• Many services are infrequent.  Many only once per hour during the day, and a good many much worse or not at all after 6:00pm or on Sunday.
• Some scheduled services just don't turn up!

Take up the challenge to overcome these.  For a start:

• Visit Travel Coventry which provides a comprehensive network of local bus services in and around Coventry in conjunction with Travel West Midlands which serves the other major cities and towns of the West Midlands.
• Visit Travel West Midlands  route map and timetable guide.  This is an excellent source of information for most routes, but sometimes out of date for Travel Coventry routes.
• Try National Express routefinder for services going from Coventry in the direction you want. (Hint: try from Coventry to Warwickshire to get a full list of options to N, E & S !)
• Try  Centro site at http://www.centro.org.uk.  They now have a route planner facility, and lots of suggestions of how they will improve the service.
• The Travel West Midlands web site covers most (maybe all?) of the smaller operators.
• Ask the locals at the bus stop - they usually know the latest news.
• Visit the Centro information office at Pool Meadow bus station.  They will give you:
   - an excellent paper document titled "Coventry MAP AND GUIDE - Centro's complete Public Transport Guide for Coventry" containing a map of Coventry showing bus routes marked on a road map, and lots more outline information 
   - any timetables you need, including for most operators.
  You can also phone them on (024) 7655 9559.

Train

The train service from Coventry to Canley Halt and Tile Hill is good.  There is hope that the plan to build a new station on the line to Nuneaton to serve the Arena is eventually revived - this could prove useful.  See http://www.rail.co.uk/ukrail/planner/planner.htm for UK Railways route planner.

Central Trains train

Car

If you still decide to use your car, I have indicated some of the extra Car Parking areas.  Some of these are small, but often empty.  Some serve a park, and associated playing fields so may be full on Saturday afternoon, but deserted at other times.

Street parking is possible where car parks are not available.  Be considerate though, don't offend the residents, and don't block the roads.  Park a bit further away if needed - maybe considering your return route.