My wife and I bought bikes over the winter. As retired folks, although we are not in bad shape, we feel we need the exercise and just the chance to get out and enjoy the outdoors. This was our "first ride". We did the trail out to Oak St. then up to Newport Road. It was OK, but we didn't expect to be riding along a main highway. Remember, this is our "first ride", so we weren't sure what to expect. HOWEVER, we found some side trails, all paved that wound around between developments. WONDERFUL! Also, appreciated the Warwick Municipal building and park with bathrooms, good parking.....and very friendly people along all the trails.

The Lititz-Warwick Trailway is a short, but sweet trail that passes two beautiful, historical structures. It also provides valuable links between nearby subdivisions, and will eventually extend both westward to Lititz-Springs Park and eastward to the Ephrata Linear Park. In the meantime, take the branch trail that begins just east of the creek north to Oak Street, then go south past John Bonfield Elementary School to the western terminus of the trailway for a longer hiking or cycling route.

Just a correction the url for this trail is www.warwicktownship.org. Then click on parks and recreation, then Lititz warwick trailway

As a newbie to riding a bike, but a long term hiker/walker, this is one of my favorite trail/bikeways.
With the Newport Square trail ( built as part of a recent housing development) it forms a "T" that is 3 miles.
When the Township expanded the park facility at the municipal campus, they extended the trail around the perimeter of the ball fields, adding some additional length.
I often exit of the trail onto Front street in Lititz and ride over to the Warwick/Lititz Linear park and then back for a 10 mile loop.
Warwick township, Akron Borough and Ephrata township acquired the undeveloped right of way
of the former Columbia and Reading railroad in 2007. They do intend to develop this into a bikeway so that one will be able to bike from Ephrata Borough (which paved it's existing segment last year) to Lititz Borough.
The municipalities will be concentrating their efforts on extending the trail from Ephrata to Akron in the near future, and Warwick will follow with their segment

This trail is not in Chester County. It is totally within Lancaster County in Lititz Borough and Warwick Township.