A circular walk of 19 km (12.7 miles) though the countryside around Hitchin. The best place to start the trail is in Hitchin town centre, which is 1,5km from Hitchin train station. Hitchin town centre has plenty of pubs and cafes for your start/finish of the walk. Along the route there are not many options. … More Hitchin Outer Orbital Path (HOOP)
The Hertfordshire Chain Walk is a series of 15 linked circular walks (hence ‘chain’) through Hertfordshire with a total distance of 140km (87miles). This combination of walks 3 and 4 in the series is 19.5 km (12 miles) long and passes near Bayford station, making that the most obvious start/end for this walk. This route … More Hertfordshire Chain Walk 03 & 04 – Bayford
This walk follows a beautiful 19 km (12 miles) route over the South Downs, partly following the South Downs Way. Starting at Hassocks train station you first pass over a popular stretch of the South Downs, while the second half is just as beautiful but far less popular, and therefore much quieter, to finish the … More Hassocks to Lewes
A spectacular 17 km walk through Bushy Park and the green corridor along River Crane. This route is section 9 of the London LOOP and is one of my favourite sections of the London LOOP. The walk starts starts at Kingston Station and finishes at Hatton Cross. Depending on the time of day you may … More London LOOP: Kingston to Hatton Cross
The Swale Circular is an 18km (11 miles) long walk that starts/ends at Teynham train station. This is a beautiful and quiet walk through fruit orchards, along The Swale, and through agricultural land with pretty cottages. This walk is one of my favourite walks near London. Starting at Teynham station, I walked this route clockwise. … More The Swale Circular
The Hertfordshire Chain Walk is a series of 15 linked circular walks (hence ‘chain’) through Hertfordshire with a total distance of 140km (87miles). This second walk in the series is 18 km (11 miles) long and passes near Cuffley station, making that the most obvious start/end for this walk. This route passes through farmland, the … More Hertfordshire Chain Walk 02 – Cuffley
The official Thames Estuary Path is divided into 5 accessible sections, but as sections 2, 4, and 5 are pretty short, I divided the walk into three longer sections. This second section, from Stanford-le-Hope to Pitsea, is an 18 km walk away from the Thames and through wide-open fields, marshes, and nature reserves. The route … More Thames Estuary Path – Section 2
The official Thames Estuary Path is divided into 5 accessible sections, but as sections 2, 4, and 5 are pretty short, I divided the walk into three longer sections. This first section, from Tilbury Town to Stanford-le-Hope is a 19 km walk with frequent views over the Thames and surprising open landscape. The route is … More Thames Estuary Path – Section 1
This 16.5km hike takes you through a series of beautiful woodlands in the Chiltern Hills between Great Missenden and High Wycombe. This walk is taken (in a slightly adapted form) from Christopher Somerville’s Walks in the Country near London. The route starts at the train station in the lovely village of Great Missenden, just a … More Chiltern Woodlands
The North Downs Way is a 153 mile/245 km long distance walk from Farnham to Dover. This first section of The North Downs Way is 12 miles/19.3 km and easy to reach from London. If you plan to walk the entire North Downs Way, I recommend this official guidebook by Colin Saunders. This walk starts … More The North Downs Way: Farnham to Guildford
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