RoutesHiking trails & RoutesUnited KingdomEnglandWest Midlands RegionWarwickshireStratford-On-AvonLong Marston
Stratford Racecourse loop from Long Marston
RoutesHiking trails & RoutesUnited KingdomEnglandWest Midlands RegionWarwickshireStratford-On-AvonLong Marston
Stratford Racecourse loop from Long Marston
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Stratford Racecourse loop from Long Marston
03:55
15.6km
20m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 17, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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66 m
St. James' Church, Long Marston
Highlight • Historical Site
The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great has a 14th-century Decorated Gothic nave and chancel, but was rebuilt in the 19th century. The pulpit is Jacobean. The church is a Grade I listed building. Its parish is part of the Benefice of Quinton, Welford, Weston and Marston Sicca.
LONG MARSTON
SP1548 DORSINGTON ROAD
1912-1/13/85 (South side)
05/04/67 Church of St James
GV I
Church. C14 nave and chancel, with C16 porch and restored C16 bell turret. Narrow coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; graduated stone slate roof; timber-framed porch and bell turret.
PLAN: 2-bay chancel, 3-bay nave with south porch and west Bell turret.
EXTERIOR: coped stone gables. Chancel has offset diagonal and angle buttresses flanking 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery; coped gable with cross.
North side has 2 windows of 2 traceried lights flanking round-headed priest's entrance with plain surround with beading, enriched imposts and fielded-panel key block, plank door; south side has similar windows.
Nave has alternately wide and narrow courses of stone.
North side has offset buttress to left of gabled porch. Porch with close-studded framing on limestone plinth; entrance with renewed spandrels to 3-centred head and renewed plank door with strap hinges, 3-light windows to returns. 2 single-chamfered traceried nave windows of 2 lights.
South side has some patches of ashlar; 4 offset buttresses, that to west on plinth, that to east is diagonal; small 2-light window to west and 2 larger 2-light windows with C14 tracery and hoods; scratch dial to east end.
West end has 2 tall offset buttresses and lower angle buttresses; 2-light single-chamfered traceried window; bell turret has close-studded framing and saddleback roof; 3-light louvred bell openings and weather cock. Nave has short East return to north with wall monument to Mary Tomes, d.1751: worn slab with tapering pilasters, entablature with pulvinated frieze and pediment.
INTERIOR: chancel has tie beam and collar roof with arch-braced queen posts and wind braces; segmental-headed piscina recess with remains of projecting bowl; rebated chancel arch with continuous chamfer.
Nave has collar rafter roof with ashlaring; plastered timber-framed partition wall to west end has exposed close studding over 2 tall timber posts to centre, forming open space below bell turret which has battened panelling to returns with plank doors and high opening to south with turned balusters.
FITTINGS: chancel has C19 altar rail and candelabra, plain stalls; nave has early C17 pulpit with enriched round-headed panels; plain C19 stalls with candelabra; circular font on traceried base; ex-situ stone altar slab on 4 tapering supports; porch has roof with wind braces and one arch-Braced collar truss, plain rebated inner door and stone benches.
MONUMENTS: chancel has 3 brass plates on north wall: Joan, Dorothea and Elizabeth Cooper, d.1658, 1650 and 1657, floor slab to Richard Day, d.1697, with scrolly frame and armorial bearing; porch has floor slab to Elizabeth Goodin, d.1732.
Stained glass: chancel east window has medieval fragments, small C19 roundels to other chancel windows.
An attractive church in good setting and an unusual timber-framed bell turret.
LONG MARSTON
SP1548 DORSINGTON ROAD
1912-1/13/85 (South side)
05/04/67 Church of St James
GV I
Church. C14 nave and chancel, with C16 porch and restored C16 bell turret. Narrow coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; graduated stone slate roof; timber-framed porch and bell turret.
PLAN: 2-bay chancel, 3-bay nave with south porch and west Bell turret.
EXTERIOR: coped stone gables. Chancel has offset diagonal and angle buttresses flanking 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery; coped gable with cross.
North side has 2 windows of 2 traceried lights flanking round-headed priest's entrance with plain surround with beading, enriched imposts and fielded-panel key block, plank door; south side has similar windows.
Nave has alternately wide and narrow courses of stone.
North side has offset buttress to left of gabled porch. Porch with close-studded framing on limestone plinth; entrance with renewed spandrels to 3-centred head and renewed plank door with strap hinges, 3-light windows to returns. 2 single-chamfered traceried nave windows of 2 lights.
South side has some patches of ashlar; 4 offset buttresses, that to west on plinth, that to east is diagonal; small 2-light window to west and 2 larger 2-light windows with C14 tracery and hoods; scratch dial to east end.
West end has 2 tall offset buttresses and lower angle buttresses; 2-light single-chamfered traceried window; bell turret has close-studded framing and saddleback roof; 3-light louvred bell openings and weather cock. Nave has short East return to north with wall monument to Mary Tomes, d.1751: worn slab with tapering pilasters, entablature with pulvinated frieze and pediment.
INTERIOR: chancel has tie beam and collar roof with arch-braced queen posts and wind braces; segmental-headed piscina recess with remains of projecting bowl; rebated chancel arch with continuous chamfer.
Nave has collar rafter roof with ashlaring; plastered timber-framed partition wall to west end has exposed close studding over 2 tall timber posts to centre, forming open space below bell turret which has battened panelling to returns with plank doors and high opening to south with turned balusters.
FITTINGS: chancel has C19 altar rail and candelabra, plain stalls; nave has early C17 pulpit with enriched round-headed panels; plain C19 stalls with candelabra; circular font on traceried base; ex-situ stone altar slab on 4 tapering supports; porch has roof with wind braces and one arch-Braced collar truss, plain rebated inner door and stone benches.
MONUMENTS: chancel has 3 brass plates on north wall: Joan, Dorothea and Elizabeth Cooper, d.1658, 1650 and 1657, floor slab to Richard Day, d.1697, with scrolly frame and armorial bearing; porch has floor slab to Elizabeth Goodin, d.1732.
Stained glass: chancel east window has medieval fragments, small C19 roundels to other chancel windows.
An attractive church in good setting and an unusual timber-framed bell turret.
Tip by
2
3.30 km
Stratford Greenway: Knobbs Farm Crossing
Highlight • Trail
3
3.87 km
Marchfront Brook Bridge on the Stratford Greenway
Highlight • Bridge
4
4.44 km
Stratford Greenway: Stratford-upon-Avon to Milcote Car Park
Highlight • Trail
The Stratford Greenway follows the course of part of the Honeybourne Line, a single track railway built in 1859 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and closed in 1976. Now a trail for walkers and cyclists, the route links the attractive town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the village of Long Marston.
The route is signed southwards from the railway station at Stratford-upon-Avon, and the railway path begins near the racecourse at Seven Meadows Road. If you keep quiet, you may hear the song of the skylarks which nest here. You will cross the Avon using the multispan Stannals Bridge, and then cross the Stour. The route continues through peaceful countryside to the village of Long Marston. The path has become a refuge for wild plants and animals as intensive farming practices drive them out of the surrounding fields, and as well as fruit and walnut trees, you may spot cowslips, knapweed, wild carrot and tansy.
The route is signed southwards from the railway station at Stratford-upon-Avon, and the railway path begins near the racecourse at Seven Meadows Road. If you keep quiet, you may hear the song of the skylarks which nest here. You will cross the Avon using the multispan Stannals Bridge, and then cross the Stour. The route continues through peaceful countryside to the village of Long Marston. The path has become a refuge for wild plants and animals as intensive farming practices drive them out of the surrounding fields, and as well as fruit and walnut trees, you may spot cowslips, knapweed, wild carrot and tansy.
Tip by
5
6.59 km
River Stour Bridge on the Stratford Greenway
Highlight • River
Bridge over the River Stour before it joins the River Avon to the north of the bridge.
Tip by
6
7.55 km
Stratford Racecourse
Highlight • Other
7
7.80 km
Bobby's Cafe & Wine Bar (Vintage Train Carriage)
Highlight • Structure
Bobby’s occupies an old train carriage, dating back to 1955.
Carriage BR 34644 Mk 1 is situated on The Greenway, which follows the course of part of the Honeybourne Line, a single track railway built in 1859. Now a trail for walkers and cyclists, the route links Stratford-upon-Avon to Long Marston.
The Carriage has now been converted into a characterful Cafe, Deli & Wine Bar where diner’s relax, overlooking the Stratford Racecourse.
Carriage BR 34644 Mk 1 is situated on The Greenway, which follows the course of part of the Honeybourne Line, a single track railway built in 1859. Now a trail for walkers and cyclists, the route links Stratford-upon-Avon to Long Marston.
The Carriage has now been converted into a characterful Cafe, Deli & Wine Bar where diner’s relax, overlooking the Stratford Racecourse.
Tip by
8
8.67 km
Stannals Bridge, Stratford Greenway
Highlight • River
An impressive steel girder bridge, which used to carry the old Great Western main rail route south of Stratford over the River Avon.
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B
15.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
14.2 km
1.39 km
Surfaces
13.7 km
713 m
674 m
535 m
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