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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.
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See all- Hampton Court Palace and ParkHampton Court Station, Hampton Court
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
We’ll take a summer’s evening stroll along the river, passing Hampton Court Palace. We’ll pass the Tijou Screen which marks the Southern boundary of the Privy Garden, designed in 1689, it is one of the most important pieces of architectural ironwork in the country. We’ll turn off the river path to walk through the ancient parkland of Home Park which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its diverse habitats including the deer herd, veteran trees, and endangered invertebrates. We’ll pass the Long Water, a canal lined by lime trees given by Charles II as a wedding present to his bride in 1660. We’ll emerge from the park and cross the river to finish at a riverside pub in Kingston.
Please keep a 50m distance from the deer in Home Park, during this season the mother's and fawns are very vulnerable. Dogs MUST be kept on a lead at all times in Home Park and kept under close control.
Optional pub at the end of the walk for a drink and a chat where everyone is welcome to join.
Travel: Take 18:36 from London Waterloo (18:40 Vauxhall, 18:45 Clapham Junction), arr. Hampton Court 19:15, or make your own way there using TFL Journey Planner. Please note, there are only 2 trains an hour arriving at Hampton Court from London Waterloo.
Start: Hampton Court Station (zone 6) @ 7:15
End: Kingston
Distance: 3 miles
Details: Metropolitan WalkersPlease note the change of date
- A Castle, Cathedral and Gold (17 miles/Strenuous)Adesso, LU5 4GP
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
Leaving Dunstable Town Centre we will head onto Totternhoe Nature Reserve and Castle Hill before heading onto Dunstable Downs. We will also pass by Whipsnade Tree Cathedral and The Golden Valley. Pub stop en route. Canalside pub at the end if it's sunny.
Please bring a packed lunch.
Travel: Take 9:21 from London St Pancras, arr. Luton 9:56. Buy a single to Luton and a single back from Berkhamsted to London. Meet the walk leader by the station entrance at Luton before boarding a bus to Dunstable Town Centre (Asda bus stop) along the Busway; these run every 7 mins. The walk will start once we are off the bus.
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: Berkhamsted
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/castle-cathedral-and-gold - Hiking For Miles: Edenbridge to Crowborough via Ashdown ... (20 miles/Strenuous)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 brisk walk through the leafy rolling hills of the High Weald, including a significant part of it through Ashdown Forest. A reasonably undulating walk with a total ascent of 700 metres. The lunch stop will be at the village of Forest Row at around 11 miles distance where there are local shops and a couple of cafes - bearing in mind the start time, this is likely to be after 2pm. Pub at the end of walk - it is then a further mile to the railway station (included in total distance).
Please bring a packed lunch.
Transport: Take the 10:07 from London Bridge (East Croydon: 10:22) arrive at Edenbridge Town at 10:45. For anyone travelling from Kent or Surrey / Sussex, an option to avoid London is the 10:04 from Tonbridge or the 10:00 from Redhill, these then arrive at 'Edenbridge' station at 10:18 and 10:16 respectively, and it is just under a mile walk to 'Edenbridge Town' station - passing a Greggs!
Buy a return to Crowborough. Meet just outside the front of the main station building at Edenbridge Town station.
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: Crowborough
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/hiking-miles-edenbridge-crowborough-ashdown-forest - A London Walk 'East is East' Part Deux (13 miles/Moderate)Needs location
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A London based walk starting at Woolwich Station (Elizabeth Line). We will walk the Thames path to Greenwich. After passing the Cutty Sark, we head through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, take in Island Gardens, Mudchute Park and Farm. After passing near Canary Wharf, we follow Limehouse Cut to Three Mills Island walking along canals and finishing through Victoria Park.
Pace will be a leisurely Sunday stroll of 2.5mph.
Due to midday start, please have brunch/lunch beforehand. We will take a late afternoon break near the many outdoor squares of Canary wharf to have refreshments and use facilities.
Option to shorten the walk at Canary Wharf Station, should you wish to walk around 9 miles only.
Walk will finish around 5.30pm near Hackney Wick Station. Option to visit Craft Micro Brewery & Pizza place along Canal after the walk.
Travel: Walk starts at 12:30 outside Woolwich Station (Elizabeth Line, not Woolwich Arsenal).
Please wait opposite Woolwich (Elizabeth line) Station (SE18 6FL). If you get off at the other station called 'Woolwich Arsenal' then it's a short 5 min walk to Woolwich Elizabeth Line station.
Walk finishes at Hackney Wick Station.
Both Stations are within Oyster/contactless card zones. Alternatively you could purchase a Day Travelcard and apply a Network Railcard discount (if you have one) if purchasing from National Rail Machines.
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: Hackney Wick Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/london-walk-east-east-part-deux