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.
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Clandon to Guildford (18 miles/Strenuous)
Clandon, Guildford, GBMetropolitan 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
Undulating, reasonably quick-paced walk through woodland and forest trails. Walks finishes with a hike up Martha's Hill before descending into Guildford. Total ascent is about 700 meters, and walk distance is about 18 miles.
Bring packed lunch with pub stop at the end.
Travel: Take 09:03 from London Waterloo (09:12 Clapham Junction ), arr. 09:59 Clandon.
Buy return Guildford.
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: Guildford High Street
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/clandon-guildford-012 attendeesThe Roman Way Up A Ditch (Re-scheduled) (19 miles/Strenuous)
Shelford Station, Station Road, Cambridge, GBMetropolitan 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
Heading over to Wandlebury Country Park we will follow the Roman road for around 4 miles before making our way onto the Fleam Dyke, a 3 mile long high bank and ditch which dates back between 300 to 600 AD. After passing through Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve we will spend the last 3 miles through Cambridge. Walk will be held at a moderately fast pace.
Pub stop for drinks only, bring a packed lunch.
Travel: Take 9:28 London Liverpool Street (9:40 Tottenham Hale), arr. Shelford 10:43. Buy return to Cambridge.
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: Cambridge Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/roman-way-ditch-re-scheduled5 attendees
Clandon to Guildford (shorter) (13 miles/Moderate)
Clandon, Guildford, GBMetropolitan 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
Shorter version of the longer walk also running today, through woodland and forest trails. The walk none-the-less involves a couple of steep climbs and includes ascent of approximately 474m over the course of the route.
Bring a packed lunch. Lunch stop in the pretty village of Shere. Optional drop out at Shere with bus to either Guildford or Dorking.
Pub stop at the end.
Travel: Take 10:03 from London Waterloo (10:12 Clapham Junction ), arr. 10:59 Clandon.
Buy return Guildford.
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: Guildford
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/clandon-guildford-shorter4 attendees
Tonbridge to Sevenoaks via Hadlow & Ightham Mote (15 miles/Moderate)
Tonbridge Station, Barden Rd, Tonbridge, GBMetropolitan 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 moderate paced Sunday stroll of which the first couple of miles pass along the banks of the river Medway and then head to the village of Hadlow - and past its impressive 175 feet tall Victorian gothic tower. From then we pass through the picturesque Fairlawn Estate and on to the medieval manor house of Ightham Mote, then climb the greensand ridge where we will be treated to some stunning views of the High Weald (providing the weather is favourable) and pass through Knole Park when hopefully the sun will be beginning to set and we should see the resident deer settling down in their chosen spots for the evening, and we will finally finish at Sevenoaks High Street.
Bring a packed lunch - the intention is for the lunch stop to be at Dunks Green at around 8 miles distance where there is a green to sit on and a pub opposite (for drinks only), and there will also be a quick mini break at Ightham Mote at around 10 miles distance where there is a cafe and public toilets. However if it is a particularly wet day, then the main lunch stop will be Ightham Mote instead where we can take shelter from the rain.
The walk is mainly flat, with some just some moderate ascents in the final third making up the total ascent of just over 350 metres. Pub at the end of walk.
Travel: Take the 9:39 from London Cannon Street (London Bridge: 9:43, Sevenoaks 10:07) arrive at Tonbridge at 10:16.
Meet just outside the ticket barriers of the exit to the side at the end of platform 3 (the same platform that the train will stop at) to the side of the steps - NOT the main entrance of the station.
Buy a return to Tonbridge.
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: Sevenoaks
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/tonbridge-sevenoaks-hadlow-ightham-mote10 attendees
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