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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Registered charity 1093577. Metropolitan Walkers is a part of the Ramblers - Britain's walking charity.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Regents Canal: Haggerston - CamdenHaggerston 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
A walk along a pretty stretch of the Regent's Canal.
Optional: Please join us in the pub at the end of the walk for a drink and a chat.
Start: Haggerston Overground
End: Camden
Distance: 4.5 miles
Details: Metropolitan Walkers - Surrey (not Surrey): Edenbridge to Oxted (11.5 miles/Moderate)Edenbridge Town Station, Edenbridge
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 quaint August jaunt straddling the border of Kent and Surrey, traversing rolling arable farmland first before a (quite substantial) ascent of Crockham Hill and a wander through the woodland of the High Chart. Finish down into Oxted.
Please bring a packed lunch. Quick pub stop in Crockham Hill village and again at the end in Oxted.
Travel: Take 9:07 from London Bridge (9:22 East Croydon), arr. 9:45 Edenbridge Town.
Buy a return to Edenbridge Town (not Edenbridge, which is on a completely different line!)
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: Oxted
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/surrey-not-surrey-edenbridge-oxted - Bleak Muskrat Cowboy Rack (12 miles/Moderate)Richmond Station, TW9 2NA
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
Beginning in Richmond, we follow the Capital Ring east, taking in the Thames, Richmond Park, the woods of Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Park, and Wandworth Common, before finishing in Clapham Common with an optional pub at the end.
Bring a packed lunch.
Travel: Use TfL journey planner to arrive at start on time. Use contactless/Oyster.
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: Clapham Common
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/bleak-muskrat-cowboy-rack - Wivenhoe Circular (16 miles/Moderate)Wivenhoe Station, Wivenhoe
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
Walking along the river before going inland and dropping down into the beautiful coastal town of Brightlingsea for lunch before following the river back.
Please bring a packed lunch.
Travel: Take 10:18 from Liverpool St. (10:25 Stratford, 10:41 Shenfield, 10:52 Chelmsford), arr. Wivenhoe 11:23
Buy a return ticket to Wivenhoe.
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: Wivenhoe Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/wivenhoe-circular-0
