About us
Welcome to Escape London City Explorers a walking and social group aiming at doing a range of guided walks and social trips to cities outside of London from London and guided walks and hikes within London.
The idea is to do a short country hike or city urban walk exploring cities or towns fairly close to London such as Oxford, Brighton, Portsmouth or Stratford-upon-Avon.
Transport will be either by train or coach, the group is twined with two other groups London Explorers (London walks & hikes) and Chiltern Explorers (countryside hikes within the Chilterns and further afield).
We are enthusiastic about photography and encourage photographs walking at a leisurely pace but also sometimes with harder faster and longer walks.
IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT WORLD HEALTH CRISIS I AM HOSTING SOME LIVE VIDEO EVENTS ON LONDON EXPLORERS & CHILTERN EXPLORERS MEETUP GROUPS.
Upcoming events
20
- £4.00
Hills, Fools & Beatles – Urban Walk
Chalk Farm Station, Chalk Farm, London, United Kingdom, London, GBWalk length 4.5 miles/7 km approx. Semi Circular.
A chance to walk up Primrose hill with its fantastic views across London and visit some sites associated with the 'Fab Four' such as Abbey Road Studios plus hearing about lots of other historical trivia! and a short stroll along the Regent's Canal to Camden to finish off.
Meeting
Meet outside Chalk Farm underground station (Northern Line) from 1.15pm for the walk to start at 1.30pm. See Transport for London (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/)
We will stop for refreshments at the end of the walk at Camden lock close to Camden Town Underground.
Walk Cost: £4 cash on the day organizer fee (For paypal it is 'colin45@hotmail.co.uk' Please send as friends and family to avoid charges. For bank transfer message organizer. The host is a qualified London Guide.
Please keep your 'RSVP' updated for this event as it would help me get accurate numbers and determine who is turning up for the walk; my phone number is Colin 07709 305681.
Walking Safety
Walking is a great way to keep fit and generally very safe; however it does contain an element of risk. Before going on any of these walks you need to be reasonably fit and be prepared to be responsible for your own safety. You should wear appropriate clothing such as proper walking shoes, warm and wet weather clothing and carry sufficient food and water. Please see our Terms and Conditions (https://www.meetup.com/Escape-London-City-Explorers/pages/23195445/Terms_and_Conditions/)
COULD EVERYONE PLEASE AVOID COMMENTS BELOW THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE EVENT AS THIS GENERATES SPAM, JUST CHANGE YOUR RSVP IF YOU CAN'T GO. YOU CAN MESSAGE ME. MANY THANKS.
15 attendees - £7.00
Henley, Hambleden & The Thames – Short & Long Hike
London Paddington, Railway Station, London, GBWalk length 12miles/19km or 7miles/11km approx circular.
A beautiful & varied walk including the town of Henley-on-Thames, the water mill & weir at Mill End & the villages & hamlets of Hambleden, Medmenham & Aston.
The town of Henley is renowned for the Henley Royal Regatta, a rowing event since 1851.
The walk includes some great sections of the Thames as well as more inland wooded areas with good views on the first section of the path to the hamlet of Aston before the lock and weir at Mill End (closed in 1995 & mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086) till finally reaching the spectacular village of Hambledon (valley used for a great deal of film and TV locations).
The walk back includes much of the Thames path past the village of Medmenham & passing the Temple Island summerhouse & fishing lodge built for Fawley Court in 1771 along the path back to Henley.
There is the option of doing a shorter of version of this hike which is a figure of eight from short to long.
12miles/19km (Henley train station to Hambleden) circular. With the longer hike we will take lunch at Hambleden village which has a village shop and pub.
7miles/11km approx (Henley to the water Mill at Mill End circular. If you do the small hike you will need to do a small section of approx 3miles from the water mill at Mill End to Henley which will have to be self guided, however this is flat and very easy to follow along the Thames path. You will also need to take lunch close to the lock (no facilities) or wait till you get back to Henley.
Lunch and Meeting
Please bring a packed lunch and water for the walk. The walk should finish before 4.30pm & include a 30 min snack lunch stop (Hambledon Village), however the time may be earlier than this depending on the weather and pace. We will all meet for optional drinks in Henley at the end of the walk
Walk Cost: £7 cash on the day organizer fee. For paypal it is 'colin45@hotmail.co.uk' Please send as friends and family to avoid charges. For bank transfer message organizer.
Please make a note of the organizers numbers - Colin 07709305681.
Transport and meeting:
MEETING AT HENLEY - Meet for the walk to start at 10.30am after the train from London arrives.
If you want to park your car at Henley various car parks exist, the train station car park is £4.20. For a complete list of the car parks at Henley see http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/henley_on_thames/. Some side streets are free on Sunday such as Hamilton Avenue, St Mark's Road or Vicarage Road. (Please check for any restrictions when parking).
TRAIN FROM LONDON
By train from London: The London Paddington train at 9.15am gets to Henley for 10.27am with a short change at Twyford (times correct at time of publishing/please check before travel). I would encourage you to seek out other members who can go as part of a group save on the train and meet from 8.45am to give you time to get tickets.Train ticket should be about £17 return by using a group save or national railcard discount.
I would suggest you meet outside the WHSmith shop at Paddington to give you time to get a group save and buy tickets as you may have to queue (see photo below). See National Rail Enquiries ([http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/)](http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/))
The organizer is not coming by train for this hike but will meet you at Henley. See: National Rail Enquiries (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/)Walking Safety
Walking is a great way to keep fit and generally very safe; however it does contain an element of risk. Before going on any of these walks you need to be reasonably fit & be prepared to be responsible for your own safety. You should wear appropriate clothing such as proper walking shoes, warm & wet weather clothing & carry sufficient food & water. Please see our Terms & Conditions (https://www.meetup.com/Escape-London-City-Explorers/pages/23195445/Terms_and_Conditions/)
COULD EVERYONE PLEASE AVOID COMMENTS BELOW THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE EVENT AS THIS GENERATES SPAM, JUST CHANGE YOUR RSVP IF YOU CAN'T GO. YOU CAN MESSAGE ME. MANY THANKS.
13 attendees - £4.00
City Stroll & Art Deco – Urban Walk
Blackfriars station, London, GBWalk length 6miles/10km approx. Linear.
A chance to explore the London streets from Blackfriars to Euston on a guided city stroll passing many iconic landmarks but with particular emphasis on a number of fascinating Art Deco buildings.
Art Deco was a design style and movement that existed from the 1910s to the 1930s and was styled into many things including buildings, furniture, cars and fashion.
Meeting
Meet outside Blackfriars Train Station/Underground (north side of Thames) from 1.45am for the walk to start at 2.00pm.
We will visit a pub at the end for some refreshments close to Euston Station/Kings Cross Station.
Walk Cost: £4 cash on the day organizer fee (For paypal it is 'colin45@hotmail.co.uk' Please send as friends and family to avoid charges. For bank transfer message organizer. The host is a qualified London Guide.
Please keep your 'RSVP' updated for this event as it would help to get accurate numbers and determine who is turning up for the walk; my phone number is Colin 07709 305681.
Please keep your 'RSVP' updated for this event as it would help to get accurate numbers and determine who is turning up for the walk; my phone number is Colin 07709 305681.
Walking Safety
Walking is a great way to keep fit and generally very safe; however it does contain an element of risk. Before going on any of these walks you need to be reasonably fit and be prepared to be responsible for your own safety. You should wear appropriate clothing such as proper walking shoes, warm and wet weather clothing and carry sufficient food and water. Please see our Terms and Conditions (https://www.meetup.com/Escape-London-City-Explorers/pages/23195445/Terms_and_Conditions/)
COULD EVERYONE PLEASE AVOID COMMENTS BELOW THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE EVENT AS THIS GENERATES SPAM, JUST CHANGE YOUR RSVP IF YOU CAN'T GO. YOU CAN MESSAGE ME. MANY THANKS.
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