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 Hertfordshire Chain Walk is a series of 15 linked circular walks (hence ‘chain’) through Hertfordshire with a total distance of 140km (87miles). This hike covers both walk 07 and 08 in the series and is in total 21km (13miles) long. Walk 07 is quite short and both walks pass Watton-at-Stone station, making that the … More Hertfordshire Chain Walk 07&08 – Watton-at-Stone
The Hertfordshire Chain Walk is a series of 15 linked circular walks (hence ‘chain’) through Hertfordshire with a total distance of 140km (87miles). This first walk in the series is 12km (7.5miles) long and passes Crews Hill station, making that the most obvious start/end for this walk. Approximately half of the route actually goes through … More Hertfordshire Chain Walk 01 – Crews Hill
The second section of the London LOOP is 13 km, starts at Bexley station and finishes at Petts Wood station. This section picks up the path along the river Cray and crosses the open spaces of Old Bexley Conservation Area and Foots Cray Meadows, the pretty grounds of Sidcup Place, and the woodlands of Scadbury … More London LOOP: Bexley to Petts Wood
A varied walk full of history through the Darent Valley from Sevenoaks to the Thames. The Darent Valley Path is officially 32 km, but there is no public transport near the finish of the path, where the river Darent flows into the Thames. This means after completing the Path, there is another 5 km to … More Darent Valley Path
A lovely 10 km coast/beach walk from Broadstairs to Margate (1 hour 45 minutes by train from London Victoria Station, buy a return ticket to Broadstairs). On this walk you can stay on the beach for the entire duration of the walk, or you can walk on higher ground up the cliffs. There are a … More Broadstairs to Margate
The first section of the London LOOP is a great start of the 240 km walk circling London. This first section, starting at Erith station and finishing at Bexley station, is 14 km long and follows the Thames, the Darent, and the river Cray and is a surprising introduction to London’s green and blue spaces. … More London LOOP: Erith to Bexley
This linear walk of 21 km between Milford and Haslemere passes through beautiful nature reserves with several stunning views over the area. The route goes through vast open landscapes of gorse and heather, alternated by woodlands. Milford and Haslemere are on the same railway line less than an hour from London, so from London Waterloo … More Thursley
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
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