PUBLIC WALKS LEAD BY ENBRO VOLUNTEER WALKS LEADERS
MAY
SAT 2 MAY 11.00am SLOOP STAGE 1 Meet at the Cutty Sark DLR Station, Greenwich. 8.6 mile linear walk along the Thames Path via the Thames Barrier Visitor Centre, 4.1 miles (picnic / café lunch stop; early finish opportunity) and Woolwich to Thamesmead Town Centre (177/229/244/401/472 bus services).
BANK HOLIDAY MON 4 MAY 10.00am GREEN STREET GREEN Meet at "Rose and Crown", Green Street Green, at junction of Old Hill and Cudham Lane for a walk with four hills lasting 2½ hours.
WED 6 MAY 10.45am EDITH NESBIT LINEAR LONDON WALK Meet at Baker Street Station (Baker Street North exit). Visit locations connected with the writer. Café/picnic lunch. Finish at British Museum or Holborn Station. 8 miles.
THURS 7 MAY 10.30am Meet at Nunhead Station. A gently paced 4½ mile linear walk with lunch at the café on Peckham Rye Common. Finish at Honor Oak Park Station for trains to Penge West or Crystal Palace.
SAT 9 MAY 1 10.30am EYNSFORD/LULLINGSTONE Meet at Eynsford Station for a 4 mile unhurried walk to Roman Villa for a picnic Lunch. Opportunity to visit villa (English Heritage). Due back 2.30pm.
SAT 9 MAY 2 11.00am SLOOP STAGE 1 (repeat of walk on 2 May) Meet at the Cutty Sark DLR Station, Greenwich. 8.6 mile linear walk along the Thames Path via the Thames Barrier Visitor Centre, 4.1 miles (picnic / café lunch stop; early finish opportunity) and Woolwich to Thamesmead Town Centre (177/229/244/401/472 bus services). TUES 12 MAY 1.00pm EXPLORE WIMBLEDON - WALK 2 Meet at War Memorial (junction of High Street & Parkside, served by bus 93 from Wimbledon Station). A circular walk including Cannizaro Park. About 4 miles. janet@london-footprints.co.uk
SAT 16 MAY 11.00am SLOOP STAGE 2 Meet under the clock tower in the shopping centre near 177/229/244/401/472 bus stops in Thamesmead Town Centre (TQ464 808). 8.4 mile walk along the Thames Path Extension and London Loop. Picnic lunch stop in Erith, 4.6 miles (refreshments nearby; early finish opportunity). Finish at Slade Green Station.
TUES 19 MAY 11.00am
LONDON'S VICTORIA EMBANKMENT Meet outside Westminster Tube Station (exit 4) for a level linear walk of 1½ miles exploring the history, buildings and statues, finishing at Blackfriars Station.
WED 20 MAY 10.00am ADDINGTON HILLS, HEATHFIELD & COOMBE WOOD
Meet at the car park off Shirley Hills Road, Shirley near the restaurant. Bus 130 from Croydon, or Coombe Lane Tramstop. Rhododendrons should be flowering at Heathfield. 4 - 5 miles with one short steep climb.
SAT 23 MAY 1 11.00am SLOOP STAGE 2 (repeat of walk on 16 May) Meet under the clock tower in the shopping centre near 177/229/244/401/472 bus stops in Thamesmead Town Centre (TQ464 808). 8.4 mile walk along the Thames Path Extension and London Loop. Picnic lunch stop in Erith, 4.6 miles (refreshments nearby; early finish opportunity). Finish at Slade Green Station.
SAT 23 MAY 2 1.30pm Meet at Keston Ponds car park. From Keston we head towards Farnborough and via Bogey Lane to Downe, then return to Keston Ponds. 5 miles.
BANK HOLIDAY MON 25 MAY 10.00am FARNBOROUGH Meet at Farnborough by the village sign, Church Road, for a walk around High Elms lasting 2¼ hours.
THURS 28 MAY 10.45am RIVER SHUTTLE
Meet at New Eltham Station for a linear walk mainly via Shuttle Riverway, to finish at Hall Place for buses or Bexley Station. Café/picnic lunch. 8 miles.
SAT 30 MAY 11.00am
SLOOP STAGE 3 Meet at Slade Green Station (TQ522 766). 9.5 mile linear walk along the London Loop. Up the River Cray to picnic lunch stop in Hall Place Gardens (4.3 miles; refreshments available; ornamental gardens; early finish opportunity). Finish at 160/229/269/286/B14/R11 bus stops on A222 beside Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
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