Walks in Stoke-on-Trent

Do you love walking? There are some wonderful walks in Staffordshire ready to be discovered. Here are some of our top places to walk in and around Stoke-on-Trent. All of these walks can be found on the Staffordshire Walks App.

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Whitfield Valley

0.5 miles to 3.75 miles

Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve is one of the largest reserves in Stoke-on-Trent and we have 4 walks here on the Staffordshire Walks app. You can find out more and get a map for Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve here.

Apedale Country Park

1.25 miles to 2.25 miles

Apedale Country Park is a lovely 454 acre country park near Stoke-on-Trent and is the newest country park is Staffordshire. The park used to be an opencast mine and has been turned into a varied landscape of woodland and meadows. This first walk (1.25 miles) is a short family-friendly stroll around the park where you can explore the network of paths, enjoy the abundance of wildlife and visit the Apedale Winding Wheel. The paths are a reasonably solid mixture of gravel and tarmac and the route is a bit hilly in places.

Apedale provides a habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. This second route option (2.25 miles) is basically an extension of the first route and it explores more of the park for those of you that have a bit more time. As with the first route, it's a little bit hilly at times and the paths are a mixture of tarmac and compressed gravel.

Westport Lake

1.25 miles

This is a lovely short walk around Westport Lake, near Stoke-on-Trent. The walk is on a level footpath and takes you around the large lake where you can watch the various waterfowl and on a nice stroll through the woodland. There is a cafe with a lovely waterside terrace if you want to stop for refreshments.

Park Hall Hill

0.75 miles to 6.5 miles

Park Hall Country Park is a great place for walking and offers a lot to see including lakes, heathland and dramatic sandstone canyons. It’s a national nature reserve and not too far from Stoke-on-Trent, we have a number of walks around Park Hall Country Park on the App and you can get a route map here.

Hanley Park

1.5 miles

A nice family friendly stroll around Hanley Park which is in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent. It's a short and easy walk that takes past playgrounds and the pavillion, over the canal and around the lake. It's also on solid paths throughout, so it's a suitable walk for buggies and wheelchairs.

Pump Tree Woods

0.5 miles to 1.5 miles

The first route is a nice and short walk around the Pine Tree woodlands of Pump Tree Wood that was planted in the 1960's to mask some of the quarrying activity that was done at the time.

The second route option from the Pump Tree Woods car park is basically an extension of the first route that takes you deeper into the park and on a stroll around Skinners Canyon.

This third option is a further extension of the Pump Tree Wood walk that still enjoys the pine tree woods and pond from the first two routes, but then also ventures deeper into the Park Hall Country Park and visits the impressive Hulme Quarry with it's dramatic landscapes.

Willots Wood

1.25 miles to 2.5 miles

The first route from this car park is a lovely circular walk around Willot's Wood which is a deciduous woodland containing a wide variety of native British trees and is not too far Stoke-on-Trent. You can expect to see Common Oak, Silver Birch, Hazel, Hawthorn, Rowan, Holly and a vast carpet of Bluebells in the spring.

This second walk is a longer adventure that packs two delightful punches. If you head anticlockwise, you'll first enjoy the wonderful varied woodland of Willot's Wood as in the first route. However, the second half of the walk then takes you on an adventure deeper into the Park Hall Country Park until you reach the Hulme Canyon for a stroll full of dramatic scenery.

Silverdale Country Park

2.5 miles to 7.5 miles

We have 2 walks at Silverdale Country Park near Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent. The first is a short stroll around the park and the second in an epic and varied adventure that explores three different parks. You can find out more and get a map here.

Downs Banks

1.25 miles to 2.25 miles

The first walk is a short circular walk around the National Trust's Downs Bank which is located to the south of Stoke-on-Trent. Wander through a little wilderness of woodland and heathland and a climb up the hill to be rewarded with wonderful views across the surrounding countryside.

This is a slightly longer walk that takes you around the edges of Downs Bank and up the hill for panoramic views across the Staffordshire countryside.