Walking in South East London

[Lost Yorkshire Man]

I'm wanting to go walking somewhere in the SE

Walk needs to be approx 6-10 miles, have good transport links (beginning and end) and not cost the earth to get there!

Have any of you lovely people any ideas or links to suggested walks?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Shoreham's quite nice for a walk round fields and village and a good few pubs to choose from.

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[Mikecg]

Box hill in Surrey is a great place to explore It's run by the national trust.

Its a bit further than SE London though.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-boxhill

[snoozequeen1]

You can walk and walk LYM, but it's just not Wharfedale.

Or Wensleydale, or Nidderdale or Coverdale.

[Gimme]

We did a fantastic walk on Sunday from Balcombe to East Grinstead (both in Sussex). Train from East Dulwich including connections was about 1 hour and cost ?9 return. Not SE London admittedly but not a million miles from it and real countryside.

The walk was through villages, woods, fields, past a steam railway and round a reservoir with lunch at the Cat Inn in West Hoathly in the middle. Total 10 miles.

The only catch is that it's impossible to do without directions and we used TimeOut Book of Walks near London for all directions. If you get the book, there's a cornucopia of walks around the 6 to 10 mile range near SE London.

[PeckhamRose]

Get the train to Ramsgate.

Make sure of the tide time tables, then

walk to the coast (a few minutes), and then walk all around the Isle of Thanet (which includes Ramsgate Broadstairs, Viking Bay, Kingsgate, Joss Bay, Palm Bay, Walpole Bay, Cliftonville (get a bus to Margate station if you're knackered by then) and on to Margate. Thanet also includes lots of inland little villages too. Can you tell I grew up there?

If you make it as far as Margate, Margate station is on the coast road.

(I did that walk in about 4 hours slowly as the seashore is my 2nd fave place to walk and explore)

There are caves and inlets and great sand and about 16 different bays.

WAIT - edited when I realised he said SOUTH EAST LONDON.

OK, Crystal Palace to London Bridge doing as much of the green chain as possible.

Or.

From Tower Bridge to Chelsea Bridge and beyond if you're up to it.

Just get an A-Z of London and pick the bits you fancy!

[Cassius]

http://www.walklondon.org.uk/leaflets.asp

Have done a few of these myself - there are also some good books about walking in the area.

[lofty]

There are nice areas to the east and west of Sevenoaks. You can get the train to Sevenoaks from a couple of stations I believe.

I did a 14 mile walk with plenty of hills near there the other weekend with some friends.

[PeckhamRose]

But but but look! He wants South East London not South East OF London.

Still - useful for the rest of us too anyway. Keep them coming!

[Gimme]

Ha! The subject may have been 'South East London' but the request stated:

"I'm wanting to go walking somewhere in the SE "

Everyone is responding to the request in the text not the mail title!

[PeckhamRose]

Maybe the northerners think London MEANS "South East"!

[karter]

got the curry club, badminton club, book club, homeworkers club, scrabble club, charlies backgammon club, new dating club, and all the others, how about an edf walking club?:)

[Asset]

I like a good ramble

[Eliza.D]

I would suggest Eynford in Kent. There are trains from either Peckham or East Dulwich. There is a lovely walk along the river to Lullingstone Park, there are castle ruins, the viaduct and a Roman Villa.

At the top of the hill overlooking the valley there is 'Eagle Heights' a bird of prey centre.

The village itself has plenty of good pubs serving a variety of food and if the weather is hot you can take a dip in the river by the ford.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

All these South London places that I missed when I lived in the heart of it!

Eynsford, Boxhill, East Grinstead...:))

I'll think of some this afternoon M8..

[Lost Yorkshire Man]

Snoozequeen1 - I am setting my expectations low but if these walks are only 30% as good as the Dales then they will still be fantastic!

Yes, I meant South East London AND the South East (it's all foreign to me to be honest).

Thanks for all the suggestions. Not sure what has won yet but will peruse the suggestions tonight and find a winner for the weekend.

I can see Frank (the ferret) and myself are going to have a very enjoyable walk!

[RosieH]

Lost Yorkshire Man, may I recommend that you pick yourself up a copy of the Time Out Book of Walks - all walks within easy reach of London (train from major stations and usually no more than an hour's journey - just enough time to read the paper).

The walks all have suggestions of excellent pubs for lunch en route (although beware, I have lost the afternoon to good local ciders in the past and had to taxi the last bit of the walk) - as well as lovely things to look at and cake shops.

They also do a walking club, so you can just turn up and meet others if you're going it alone.

Can't recommend highly enough

[Shaggy]

Second that. Walk 19, Hever to Leigh is good. Cant be done on a Sunday though cos of trains. May be a bit muddy though.

[kristymac1]

You could always start on the London Loop - a series of walks which takes you (yes you guessed it) in a total loop of London, all walks are inside the M25 - I have the book detailing all the walks which you are welcome to borrow - the walks are of varying length (but plenty of the distance you require) and difficulty and its a great way of seeing parts of outer London you wouldn't otherwise encounter - googling local hosteleries for the end of the walk is also a good idea!

[PeckhamRose]

Would not that be all too much for the Ferret? They only got little legs!

[Marmora Man]

Kristymac1 has beaten me to it - but I can recommend the London Loop - simple navigation but you see a different face of LOndon and its suburbs. I started at Woolwich Arsenal and am up to Wimbledon so far - next to Richmond and then the North of the river section. It ends by walking under the Thames back to Woolwich. Good fun and simple walking - not to be compared with Nidderdale, Wensleydale, Pennine Way or Highland Way - but enjoyable.

[RosieH]

Don't talk to me about the Highland Way - gave me pneumonia leading to vestibular neuronitis resulting in lifelong vertigo which has just made the walk home from the Clock House a mite tricksy.

[SimonM]

Greenwich Park/Greenwich Market/Cutty Sark/Naval Museum can be quite plesant

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Still thinking LYM, I'll get back to you..

[Dodo1]

Hi,

Yes I can recommend Eagle Heights and the Roman Villa (Eynsford). Can someone please recommend one of the pubs in the village that has nice food as we plan to go back when the weather is better.