GREATER LONDON WALKS

(Mainly inside M25, except where counties overlap)

Before you start please read the User Guide.

Note: we have not distinguished between circular and linear routes in London as public transport to/from the start/finish is readily available

GRADING - EASY

No.	Name	Start or Nearest Place	Length (miles)	Altitude or Total Ascent (ft.)	Time Allow (Hrs)	Freewalks Menu Bestwalks Homepage Click on image for larger version The total number of walks currently on this page is: 300 Adjoining Areas: Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire Essex Kent Surrey Berkshire ►Books on Walking London (compare prices) ►Buy maps for this area Please use this email link to report any broken links or manifest errors.
E1-21	Aldgate Barnsbury Walk Battersea Bayswater Bloomsbury Chelsea Across the City City Churches (non-Wren) City Gardens Clerkenwell Covent Garden Crime and Punishment Dickens Westminster Embankment Finsbury Holland Park Hoxton and Shoreditch Inns of Court Kennington Kensington Gardens Knightsbridge and Hyde Park	Aldgate Islington Victoria Station Marble Arch Warren Street Sloane Square Waterloo Aldgate Cannon Street Farringdon Charing Cross Blackfriars Westminster Waterloo Old Street Station Kensington Liverpool Street Blackfriars Oval Lancaster Gate Hyde Park Corner	3 3.5 6.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 3 1.5 1 2.25 3.25 1.75 3 3.75 4 5 3.25 2 3.25 2.5/3 2.5	-	-
E22-42	Lambeth Livery Halls Marylebone Mayfair New River Notting Hill 1 Notting Hill 2 Paddington Regent's Park Soho South Kensington Southwark and Borough Spitalfields St James's 1 St James's 2 St Pancras Theatre Sites 1 Theatre Sites 2 Vauxhall and Pimlico Victoria Street Whitechapel	Waterloo Blackfriars Goodge Street Green Park Highbury Notting Hill Gate Paddington Regents Park Piccadilly Gloucester Road Station London Bridge Liverpool Street Green Park Charing Cross St Pancras Blackfriars London Bridge Oval Victoria Station Whitechapel	4.5 3 4.75 2.75 3.25 5 2.25 4.25 up to 5.5 2.5 3 3.5 up to 4 2.5 3.5 4 1.5 2.75 4 3.75 2.75	-	-
E43-55	Beckton Bermondsey Bow Bow Back Rivers Deptford and Millwall East to West India Isle of Dogs Rotherhithe and Southwark Park Royal Docks Shadwell and Wapping Silvertown and North Woolwich Stepney and Limehouse Stratford and West Ham Park	Beckton London Bridge Station Mile End Bromley-by-Bow Surrey Quays/Island Gardens Blackwall Rotherhithe King George V Station Tower Hill/Gateway Custom House Limehouse Stratford	4 4 5 4.5 3/3.5 3 4 1.75/2.5 4.75 4.25 5 4 3.5	-	-
E56-72	Beckenham Bexley Blackheath Village Bromley Croydon Crystal Palace Park Dulwich Village/Woods Maritime Greenwich West Greenwich Ladywell Peckham North Peckham South Penge Spring Park and Addington St Johns Upper Norwood Woolwich Centre	Beckenham Bexley Blackheath Bromley Croydon Penge West Dulwich/Sydenham Hill Cutty Sark Station Ladywell Peckham Rye Penge West Coombe Lane Tramstop Deptford Bridge Gypsy Hill Woolwich Arsenal	3 3.5 3.5 2.5 2 3 2.5/5 2.25 3.5 3.5 3.75 3.25 2.25 4.25 3.25 3.5 3	-	-
E73-89	Barnes, Mortlake and Kew Bedford Park and Chiswick Park Brentford Bushy Park and Hampton Court Chiswick Hammersmith Hanwell Kingston Merton Park Petersham and Ham Richmond Putney Twickenham Wandle Heritage Wandle Sources Wimbledon Common Side Wimbledon Park Side	Barnes Turnham Green Station Kew Bridge Hampton Court Hammersmith Ealing Hospital Kingston Merton Park Tramstop Richmond Putney St Margarets Station Mitcham Tramstop Wandle Park Tramstop War Memorial Wimbledon Station	4.25 3 3.75 5 2 3 2 3.25 3/4 5 4 5 3.5 4 4/5 4 4	-	-
E90-95	Enfield Hackney Hampstead Village Stoke Newington Walthamstow Village Walthamstow Extension	Enfield Chase Hackney Downs Hampstead Highbury & Islington St Walthamstow Central	3.75 4.5 3 up to 5 1.75 3.5	-	-
E96	Thames River Pirates	Canary Wharf	-	-	2+
E97-114	The Secret City Dickens London Dickens in Southwark Dickens in Docklands Dickens in Rochester Dickens in the West End Dickens in Highgate Dickens in Soho Dickens in Kensington Chelsea Haunted Hampstead Haunted Tower Of London Ghosts of the West End Ghosts of Windsor Ghosts of Chiswick Clerkenwell East End Ramble Westminster to Holborn	Tower Hill Chancery Lane Monument Station Shadwell Station Rochester Station Green Park Highgate Tottenham Court Road South Kensington Sloane Square Hampstead Tower of London St James's Park Windsor Castle Turnham Green Barbican Aldgate Westminster	2 2.75 2 2 2 2 2.25 2 1.75 1.75 3.5 3 2.75 4 1.75 2 2.25	-	2.5 2.25 1.75 2.5 1.75 2 2 1.5 1.5 2.5 2 2 1.75 2 1.5 1.75 2
E115-124	Royal Walk City Walk Ripper Walk Cultural Walk Shopping Walk Legal Walk Writers Walk Theatre Walk Nautical Walk Bridges Walk	Westminster Monument Liverpool Street Waterloo Piccadilly Circus Blackfriars Tottenham Court Road Leicester Square Greenwich Pier Westminster	c2.5 c4 c2.5 c2.5 c1.75 c1.75 c3.5 c1.75 c2 c3.75	-	-
E125-134	Ten London Walks Some walks are Moderate	Various	2.5 - 7	-	-
E135-139	From Canaries to Kings pdf From Dockyards to Dance pdf From Mansion House to Mad House pdf From Moorgate to Arcade Gate pdf From Royal Docks to Royal Dockyard pdf	West India Quay DLR Cutty Sark DLR Bank station Moorgate Custom House	3.5 1.7 5.3 4.2/5 3.1	-	2.5 2 2.5 3 3
E140	Thames tour of Rotherhithe	Rotherhithe	2/3	-	2
E141-144	Limehouse Basin to Parliament, The Royal Parks and affluent Mayfair and Legal London (3)	Limehouse Basin/Trafalgar Square/Victoria Embankment	5/?/?	-	-
E145-150	Walking the East End's Canals pdf Little Venice Circular pdf Islington to Limehouse pdf Around Hanwell pdf Brentford and Syon Park pdf Docklands pdf	Limehouse Warwick Av. tube Angel Boston Manor tube Blackwall	5 4.5 4 4 4 2.61	-	3 1
E151-162	With the Wetland Birds of Barnes Walking with the Pensioners Corridors of Power Bridging the Gap Legal Eagles at the Inns of Court The Flaming City From Mayfair with Love The Young Ones of Bloomsbury The Seven Wonders of Kensington Doing the Lambeth Walk Big screen diversions in Holland Park Guts & Garters in the Ripper's East End	Barnes Bridge Sloane Square Westminster Temple Monument Bond Street Russell Square South Kensington Vauxhall Notting Hill Gate Aldgate	3.7 3.7 4 2.7 1.5 2.2 2.7 1.2 2.5 3 3.3 2.7	-	1.5 2 2.5 1.25 1.5 2 1.5 1 1 1.5 1.5 1.5
E163-172	Three Mills and the Canals The bright side of Balham Finsbury Park's buffer zone Wanstead and its Royal connections An Aromatic Oasis in Morden Real Tennis at Hampton Court Roding Valley Nature Reserve Trent Park Trails from the Riverbank Aldenham and the Colne	Bromley-by-Bow Balham Finsbury Park Wanstead Morden Hampton Court Chigwell Enfield Hampton Court Aldenham	4.2 3 4.5 4.8 1.7 4.8 3 3 5 6	197 135	2.5 1.5 2 2.5 1 1.75 1.5 1.75 2 2.5
E173-176	Campden Town to Little Venice Parks, Palaces and Portobello Road The end of the line...but worth it! Hampstead	Campden Town Ladbroke Grove Cockfosters Hampstead	2.8 4.13 3.69 3.16	-	-
E177	Best Viewpoints in Richmond Park	Richmond	1.5	-	0.75
E178-184	Hayes Towpath Cranford Park Harefield Locks Ickenham Marsh Ruislip Woods Willow Tree Wander Yeading Valley	Hillingdon	3 2 5 3 4 5 3	-	2.5 2 3.5 2.5 3 2.5
E185-187	Wimbledon Walks (3)	Wimbledon	-	-	0.4-0.75
E188	Wandsworth Heritage Trail pdf	Wandsworth	-	-	1
E189-191	Black History Walk pdf Brixton to Ruskin Park pdf Clapham and Slavery pdf	Lambeth	1.5	-	2 2 2
E192	Eltham Heritage Trail pdf map only	Greenwich	-	-	2
E193	Bottom Barn Farm, Cudham Defra Walk	Biggin Hill	1.3	-	-
E194	West Ruislip-Denham	West Ruislip Station	4.3	-	-
E195	Thames Barrier-Greenwich	Charlton Station	4.5	-	-
E196-204	Green Park to Trafalgar Square 1 Green Park to Trafalgar Square 2 Central London Kidz Walk A circuit from Trafalgar Square Euston to the Monument Chancery Lane to Trafalgar Square Queensway to Buckingham Palace The Monument to Trafalgar Square The Limehouse Cut from Bow Locks	Green Park Trafalgar Square Euston Chancery Lane Queensway Monument Bow Locks	4.5 2.5 5.2 3 4 4 3.5 4 2	-	-
E205-212	A walk through Islington Upper Chelsea and Belgravia Hammersmith and Fulham Winchmore Hill to Palmers Green Bloomsbury The City Lambeth and Southwark Southwark	Islington Sloane Street West Brompton Winchmore Hill Chancery Lane St Pauls Waterloo Borough	4 4 4 1.5 up to 5.2	-	3 2 3 3 2 up to 3 3/4
E213	Osterley Park pdf	Osterley	1.5	-	-
E214	Putney, England's Debating Chamber	Barnes	7 Lin	-	3
E215-217	Walk Green pdf Walk Royal Docks pdf Walk Stratford pdf	Upton Park Custom House DLR Stratford	-	-	1.5 2 1.5

GRADING - MODERATE

No.	Name	Start or Nearest Place	Length (miles)	Altitude or Total Ascent (ft.)	Time Allow (Hrs)
M1-16	Green Lambeth - 5 sections St John's Wood Surrey Docks Eltham and Mottingham Greenwich Peninsula Selsdon and Sanderstead Shirley Sydenham Common Fulham Hogsmill and Cheam Mitcham Teddington Teddington and Strawberry Hill Wandsworth Hampstead Garden Suburb Highgate	Waterloo Baker Street Surrey Quays Station Mottingham Maze Hill Purley Oaks Shirley Sydenham West Brompton Station Worcester Park Mitcham Junction Teddington Station NR Strawberry Hill NR Clapham Junction Golders Green Highgate Station	up to 5 up to 5.75 5.25 6 6 6 5 3 6 6.5 5.25 5/7 7 4.5/6.5 5 4	-	-
M17-20	Bayswater Saunter River Effra Maritime Greenwich The Money Trail	Edgware Road Gypsy Hill Blackheath Chancery Lane	-	-	3 3 3+ 3
M21	From Limehouse to the Bow Backs pdf	Limehouse DLR	6.5	-	4
M22-28	Greenford to Osterley Wimbledon to Kingston West Byfleet to Hampton Court Ealing Broadway Circular Knockholt Circular pdf Hayes to Knockholt Whyteleafe to Hayes pdf	Greenford Station Wimbledon West Byfleet Ealing Broadway Knockholt Hayes Whyteleafe	7.5 9 9 11 11.2 10 10	-	3 5.5
M29-40	Measured time around Greenwich Roses & Romance around Regent's Park Spring has sprung on Hampstead Heath Due South for Dulwich Grace and favour in Norwood Secrets of Wimbledon Common Daylight saving in Chislehurst Deer old Richmond Park A web of words in Totteridge & Mill Hill Up & over the hill at Horsenden Brent River Park Epping Forest Retreat	Island Gardens DLR Baker Street Hampstead West Dulwich Rail Birkbeck Tramlink Wimbledon Common Chislehurst Richmond Park Mill Hill Perivale tube Hanwell Epping Forest	3.5 3.3 4.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 3.5 6.8 4.5 2.7 3.5 7.3	344 164 164 262 180 227	1.75 1.5 2 1.5 1.5 1.5 2 2.5 2.25 1.5 2.75 3.5
M41-47	Admiring the Marvel of Osterley A scout round Gilwell Park Literary highs of Harrow on the Hill The Battle for Banstead Commons No Surrender in Wartime Harrow Weald Horsing and Coursing on Epsom Downs Walkways near Runways	Osterley Park Sewardstonebury Harrow on the Hill Banstead Stanmore tube Epsom Heathrow	5 6 3.5 3.5 4 5 2.2	231 213 295 197 394	2.5 2.5 2 2 2 2 1.5
M48	The locks of South East London	Teddington	9.21	-	-
M49-50	The Tamsin Trail Richmond Station to Richmond Park	Richmond Park	7.35 1.5	-	4
M51	Paddington to Mile End	Paddington	8.3	-	3.5
M52-53	Rayners Lane-Ickenham-Uxbridge Northwood-Harefield-Rickmansworth	Rayners Lane Northwood	6.5 4.5-9	-	-
M54-59	Greenwich-London Eye Island Gardens to Embankment Barnes Bridge to Embankment London Eye to Putney Barnes Bridge to Teddington Putney to Richmond	Cutty Sark DLR Island Gardens DLR Barnes Bridge London Eye Barnes Bridge Putney	7 7.5 11 8 12 8	-	-
M60-61	A Lea Valley Walk - Enfield Lock to Bow Ware to Enfield Lock	Enfield Lock Ware, Herts	12.5 12.5	200 150	-
M62-63	Bloomsbury to the South Bank Her Majesty's Favourite Place	Tottenham Court Road Windsor	5 7.5	-	2.5 3

GRADING - STRENUOUS (Fit, experienced walkers only)

No.	Name	Start or Nearest Place	Length (miles)	Altitude or Total Ascent (ft.)	Time Allow (Hrs)
S1	Jubilee Walkway	Any point on route	14	-	-
S2	Lea Valley Walk - 4 sections	Waltham Abbey	13	-	-
S3-4	Along the Thames to Kew Gardens Lambourne End to Chigwell	Kew Gardens tube Hainault Forest	7 9	148	3 3.5
S5	Cray Riverway pdf	Bexley	10	-	-
S6	Celandine Route	Hillingdon	12	-	6
S7-12	Brentwood to Liverpool Street Harlow to Edmonton via Epping Forest Greenwich to Stone Greenwich to Whyteleaf Mile End to Dartford Mile End to Enfield Lock	Brentwood Harlow Cutty Sark DLR Mile End	21.3 21 19 17 15 12.7	-	7 7.5 7 9 6.25 4.5
S13	The Wandle Trail pdf	Croydon	14	-	-

LONG DISTANCE ROUTES

No.

Name

Start or Nearest Place

Length (miles)

Altitude or Total Ascent (ft.)

Time Allow
(Hrs)

Books on Long Distance Paths around London

L1-7

The long distance routes below offer walking in stages across most parts of London.

Capital Ring - 15 sections
Green Chain Walk 1 - 10 sections
Green Chain Walk 2 - 10 sections
London Loop - 24 sections
Thames Path - 4 sections
London Green Belt Way, 22 sections
Jubilee Greenway, 10 sections

Woolwich
Thamesmead

Erith Riverside
Hampton Court
Hampton Court
Buckingham Palace

78
40

150
up to 50
222.5
37