East London's Rural Byways Walk 3
By The Banks of The River Join or leave the walk at Tottenham Hall Station Buses 76 123 230 W4 I began this walk on a misty, murky day in...
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East London's Rural Byways Walk 2
Walking from Brown Fields to Green Fields Enter the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park near Stratford or Hackney Wick Stations Behind the huge...
East London's Rural Byways Walk 1
Through Woods, Flats and Plains I started my walk in late Autumn on the outskirts of London, and headed towards the centre of the city....
St Peter's in the Forest to Highams Park
Arriving at St Peter's in the Forest Church you find yourself in a country churchyard. The church was founded here as a 'chapel of ease'...
Map and Directions for The Black Path
The Black Path is an ancient trail that farmers used to drive their cattle, geese and sheep to Smithfield from their farms that lay to...
The Black Path
There are so many mysteries surrounding The Black Path. In days gone by farmers would drive their cattle, sheep and geese along this...
Cycle London's countryside
The Rotherhithe Peninsula must be one of the most cycle friendly parts of the capital. Arrive at Canada Water station and pick up a cycle...
Old Road
This ancient public footpath, hidden away in the suburban development of Chingford, is the way that the royal hunting party would have...
Night Time Walks
It may be dark but there are always places to explore in the countryside of London. As dusk falls in Kensington Gardens it is time for...
Regents Park
A quiet road Stroll through Regents Park along the Broad Walk and you come to a zebra crossing with a cottage building across the road....
Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill - once a place where wolves howled, hiding away in the trees at the top of the hill and where a King decided that it would...
Nature in the Centre of the City
Even in the most built up and busy centre of the Capital there is a surprising amount of flora and fauna, although sometimes it is hidden...
A Creek, A Dock and Another Peninsula
Some open spaces across East London are so vast and varied that they are worth visiting over and over again. Others are quite small, a...
Winter on Hampstead Heath
A place of refuge from the Great Fire of London 1666, Hampstead Heath is still providing a country retreat for Londoners - just four...
Green Park and St James's Park
Visitors don't often linger in this park - there are no flower beds or lakes - it seems to be a pleasant thoroughfare in the centre of...
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
Hiding away in the Royal Parks of London we can find clues to the past - when vast areas of the capital were still countryside. Hyde Park...
Historic Hackney
Clapton Common is the start of this walk through historic Hackney and the open spaces that have been preserved. It is such a small...
A Creek, a Hidden Path and an Island
Channelsea is a hidden tidal creek where at low tide there is more mud than water and much loved by waterfowl who can be seen paddling...
Wander Through The Wetlands
Just a short walk from Tottenham Hale Station the entrance to Walthamstow Wetlands is a welcoming sight, taking you away from the main...
Parkland Walk
Stroll along this country lane and you are taken back to a time when the only way to travel was along highways like this one – before...
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