London walking tour w/ wild swim, city skyline & plastic pollution cleanup

Join fellow eco-conscious travellers for a walking tour that combines one of London's great walks with real environmental action. We'll climb to Parliament Hill to take in one of the city's six protected panoramic views, clean up woodland paths across the Heath, take a dip in Hampstead's legendary natural bathing pond and lounge on the bank of the ponds, and finish at the Brew House Café at the historic Kenwood House to chat with new friends.

The afternoon runs like this: We meet at Hampstead Heath Overground at 14:00pm and walk up to Parliament Hill summit for the panoramic London skyline view. From there we do our first cleanup along the southern Heath paths and pond edges before heading to the Mixed Bathing Pond for a wild swim. After drying off we walk the woodland paths toward Kenwood, doing a second cleanup along the way, and finish at the Brew House Café in the Kenwood estate grounds around 16:30pm.
Total distance: approximately 3km. Duration: 3 hours.

What to bring: Swimwear and a towel, something warm for after the swim, a reusable water bottle, and weather-appropriate layers. Litter pickers, gloves and bags are provided.

Finding the group: Meet outside Hampstead Heath Overground Station on South Hill Park at 14:00pm. Look for the Earth Stewards Travel Club sign. The station is on the London Overground.

Please note: The swim is for confident swimmers only. The pond is a beautiful wild swimming spot surrounded by nature, but is unheated, deep, and dark so ensure you're confident with cold water swimming. Non-swimmers are very welcome and can enjoy the pond bank while others swim. A free non-swimmer ticket is available.

The ticket price covers the cost of entry to Hampstead's Mixed Bathing Pond, that's all the charge is. The guided tour, cleanup equipment, and all other elements of the afternoon are completely free. We're trialling this as a new event format for Earth Stewards Travel Club and want to keep the barrier to joining as low as possible. If you'd like to support what we're building, the best thing you can do is come along, give it a go, and tell us honestly what you thought.