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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See all- Wandering in WandsworthWandsworth Town railway station, SW18 1SU
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 stroll along the Wandle River from Wandsworth to Earlsfield and then have a wander across Wandsworth Common. We will finish at the Belleville Brewery Taproom, very close to Wandsworth Common station, which offers several of their own beers on draft plus other drinks.
Terrain: River path, streets and park
Start: Wandsworth Town railway station (zone 2)
End: Wandsworth Common station
Distance: 3.5 miles
Details: Metropolitan Walkers - Tunbridge Wells Circular (featuring plenty of ancient rocks) (20 mi/Strenuous)TUNBRIDGE WELLS RAILWAY STATION, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
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 lush rolling Wealden hills and woodland to the west and south of Tunbridge Wells, and passing the ancient sandstone rocks of High Rocks, Harrison's Rocks and Eridge Rocks. Lunch stop at around 10.5 miles distance where there is a public toilet and possibly a small snack truck open (if it is a nice day) - but this is not guaranteed. A reasonably undulating walk with a total ascent of 600 metres (but no particularly steep climbs) and also at a brisk pace - aiming for an average pace of around 3.3 mph if conditions are dry.
Please bring a packed lunch. Plenty of pubs to choose from in the pantiles in Tunbridge Wells at the end of the walk.
Travel: Take the 9:15 from London Charing Cross (Waterloo East: 9:18, London Bridge 9:24, Sevenoaks: 9:49), arrive at Tunbridge Wells at 10:08.
Meet outside the entrance of Tunbridge Wells Station on platform 1 (across the footbridge from the platform to which the train will stop) - facing The Range.
Buy a return to Tunbridge Wells.
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: Tunbridge Wells Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/tunbridge-wells-circular-featuring-plenty-ancient-rocks - Goring-on-Thames Circular (13 miles/Moderate)Goring and Streatley Train Station, Goring
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 circular walk exploring a pretty stretch of the Thames and countryside surrounding the picturesque village of Goring-on-Thames. Three small hills.
Bring a packed lunch.
Optional pub stop at the end
Travel: Take 9:38 from London Paddington, arrive Goring & Streatley 10:36. Buy return to Goring & Streatley.
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 Railway Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/goring-thames-circular-0 - Rochester to Bearsted via Kit Coty (14 miles/Moderate)Rochester Station, Rochester
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
The walk starts in Rochester and it leads out of the city by the Medway Valley Walk. We then hike across the Nashenden Down Reserve and then onwards past the Burham Down Reserve. We will then proceed past Wouldham Farm and stop at the Robin Hood pub for drinks; you can also get tea or coffee there. We shall then proceed onwards to Kit Coty, which is ancient burial site, and stop there for lunch. We will then carry on to Detling where we shall stop for a coffee break., and then proceed onwards to Bearsted, where the walk ends. There will be a pub stop at the end of the walk.
Please bring a packed lunch.
Travel: Take 09:40 from Victoria, arr. Rochester 10:20. Meet outside the ticket barrier in the main station.
Buy return to Rochester. For the return from Bearsted there is a regular hourly train service from 18:21 onwards.
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: Bearsted
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/rochester-bearsted-kit-coty
