About us
Metropolitan Walkers is the London walking community aimed at people of working age, and the largest Ramblers group in London.
All our planned walks can be found at https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk/walks/. 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
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South Downs: Amberley to Arundel (16 miles/Strenuous)
Amberley station, New Barn Road, Amberley, BN18 9LR, 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 brisk hilly walk that will strive to accomplish a solid mileage and ascent and still beat the newly reduced daylight hours to finish in (reasonably!) comfortable visibility.
We'll head east from Amberley up onto the Downs to take in Rackham and Kithurst Hills, before bending south and seeing to Blackpatch and Barpham Hills. With good visibility the views from the tops will be lovely and perhaps even autumnal still. We finish through the Angmering plantations (which are dull by comparison but at least sheltered if the weather turns against us) and on down to Arundel.
Please bring a headtorch if you have one, just in case we fall behind time. Please also bring a packed lunch. There will be an optional pub or taproom visit at the end.
Terrain: chalky hill paths (which can be slippery!), farm tracks, riverside path at the end
Travel: Take 8:35 from Victoria, (8:42 Clapham Junction, 8:53 East Croydon), arr. 9:58 Amberley.
Buy return to Arundel.
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: Arundel
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/south-downs-amberley-arundel4 attendeesPangbourne to Goring Not Via The Thames Path (15 miles/Moderate)
Pangbourne, Reading, 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
Eschewing the classic Thames Path route between Pangbourne and Goring, this walk instead explores the Berkshire countryside to the west of these villages.
Lunch is in the pretty village of Ashampstead, and there will be an afternoon stop in the Bell Inn in Aldworth (drinks only) – a multiple CAMRA award-winning pub which brews its own ale on site.
There will be a further optional pub stop when we finish in Goring.
Bring a packed lunch and a torch.
Travel: Take 09:08 from London Paddington, arrive in Pangbourne 10:01.
Buy return to Goring & Streatley Station.
Meet at Pangbourne Station's northern entrance (outside the ticket office)
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: Goring & Streatley Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/pangbourne-goring-not-thames-path4 attendeesWycombe Wandering (17 miles/Strenuous)
Princes Risborough Station, HP27 9GF, Princes Risborough, 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
This walk explores the lesser-known paths and rural roads between Princes Risborough and High Wycombe. It will be held at a fast pace and there will be hills aplenty, foremost among these being the ascent of Chinnor Hill. We will also walk through several woodlands, which will hopefully display an autumnal hue. There will be a pub stop en route, and we will finish at the Mad Squirrel Taproom.
Please bring a packed lunch and a torch (as the walk may finish in the dark).
Terrain: Woods, hills, fields
Travel: Take the 09:42 from London Marylebone, arr. Princes Risborough 10:24. Buy a return to Princes Risborough.
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: High Wycombe
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/wycombe-wandering4 attendeesParks of West London (12.5 miles/Moderate)
Richmond Station, Station, The Quadrant, Richmond TW9 2NA, UK, Richmond, 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 scenic London walk offering riverside views, ancient woodlands, free-roaming deer, botanical gardens, and a historic 1817 windmill.
We will take a mid afternoon break near Pembroke Lodge in Richmond park where there are public facilities/coffee shop.
Travel: Take the 11:09 from London Waterloo (11:19 Clapham Junction) arriving 11:28 Richmond Station (London).
Walk finishes at Wimbledon Station.
Both Stations are within Oyster/contactless card zones.
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: Wimbledon Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/parks-west-london3 attendees
Past events
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