What we’re about
Metropolitan Walkers is the largest London-based Ramblers group for people in their 20s and 30s.
All our planned walks can be found at https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk/wal... We publish to MeetUp to showcase our activities to a wider audience!
If you've not walked with us before, you’re welcome to come along on three free walks before becoming a member, to see if Met Walkers is for you! Membership is around £43 per year, or £30 concessionary rate.
We’re a very active group. Our volunteers lead walks every weekend, ranging from short, leisurely walks to strenuous hikes of 17+ miles across hilly terrain. We also lead one evening stroll during the week, discovering different parts of the capital.
We explore the beautiful areas near London such as the North Downs, south coast and Chilterns, all of which are accessible by public transport.
A lot of our members walk regularly, which is a great way to form friendships. As well as walking, we have a regular social programme.
We regularly run weekends away to explore the other great walking areas the UK has to offer, such as the Lake District, Snowdonia and Scotland, and have also put on several trips abroad.
We’re part of the Ramblers – the charity that helps everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking; and protects the places we all love to walk.
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See all- Thursday TrottEmbankment Station, london
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
Top secret - if you don't come, you won't find out!
Approximately three miles,.
Optional: join us in what may or may not be a pub at the end of the walk
Start: Embankment
End: Vauxhall
Distance: 3 miles
Details: Metropolitan Walkers - Lavender and Surrey Borderlands Walks (10 miles/Moderate)Carshalton Station, Greater London
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
A walk starting from the outskirts of Greater London, in Carshalton. We will walk through parks and quiet suburban streets, which lead onto the bridleways of Oaks and Telegraph tracks. There are rows of distinctive black timber-clad houses, built in a traditional rural style, that give the area a secluded, timeless feel, right on the edge of the metropolitan boundary.
We stop for lunch at Oaks Park. There is a cafe here for refreshments (and toilets), but please bring a packed lunch as there won't be time for everyone to order food.
We go to Mayfield Lavender farm via a footpath. There is an entrance fee to the site; however, we don't have to pay just for walking through, as long as we stick to the path. After leaving, we enter Surrey and make our way towards Banstead Woods. Having passed through this, we reach the edge of Kingswood and some suburban streets before we reach Epsom Downs. Look out for Coal Tax Posts—19th-century cast-iron markers placed to signify the point where duties on coal entering London were collected. We end the walk at a viewpoint by Tattenham Corner Station overlooking the racecourse. There is an optional pub stop at the end (The Tattenham Corner), which has a large beer garden and interior.
Travel: Take the 10:41 train from London Victoria (10:48 Clapham Junction), arriving Carshalton 11:09.
Note, there are other trains, but this is the one I'll wait for. Use Oyster/Contactless
Grading: Moderate.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Tattenham Corner
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/lavender-and-surrey-borderlands-walks - Sevenoaks National Trust Circular Part 1 (18 miles/Strenuous)Sevenoaks Station, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1DP
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
A brisk walk around the Greensand Ridge to the east of Sevenoaks, and passing through four National Trust Sites - Old Soar Manor, Ightham Mote, One Tree Hill and Knole. Bring a packed lunch - the lunch stop itself will not be until 11 miles distance (where there will be a pub for drinks only), but there will be a couple of mini breaks at Ightham Mote (6.5 miles distance, where there is a toilet, cafe and if it is hot day, an ice cream stand!) and Old Soar Manor (9 miles distance, which is free to have a look around - it only takes a few minutes!). It will be quite a hilly walk with a total ascent of 732 metres. A few pubs to choose from at the end of the walk.
Though the walk passes through National Trust sites, the entire walk does take place on public footpaths and bridleways, so no membership required, but anyone who does have one, please bring your card to scan at the machines at Ightham Mote - seems only fair in exchange for us using their toilet!
Travel: Take the 9:45 from London Charing Cross (Waterloo East: 9:48, London Bridge: 9:54), arrive at Sevenoaks at 10:18. Buy a return to Sevenoaks.
For anyone travelling from within the London zones, contactless can be used to Sevenoaks, but it cannot be used with a network rail card discount (as far as I am aware). Meet just inside the main entrance of Sevenoaks station - just past the ticket offices.
Grading: Strenuous.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Sevenoaks Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/sevenoaks-national-trust-circular-part-1 - Everybody In The PlaceDalston Junction Overground Station, London
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
In 1991 the biggest dance music act from the 20th century played their first gig in London. It was also the year a certain big name electronic music producer from New York came to the UK for the first time.
Breakbeat hardcore was the music of the moment and we also saw the foundations being laid for what was to become jungle music and subsequently drum & bass.
On this walk we will explore the role London was playing in the rave scene in 1991.
Start: Dalston Junction
End: Tufnell Park
Distance: 4 miles
Details: Metropolitan Walkers
