Green walks by rail from London Paddington

Stations as far as Oxford, Kemble, Chippenham and Pewsey fall within the journey time limit.

Routes

  • Capital Ring
    This waymarked route forms a circuit of 126km (divisible into linear routes) around London at the approximate radius of the North and South Circular Roads, linking green spaces.
  • Chiltern Way
    The core walk loops its way through the varied landscapes of the Chiltern Hills in a 221km circuit. The route has spawned three extensions — in Berkshire (via Cookham and Henley: 45km), in the south (via Goring and Woodcote: 51km), and in the north (via Great Offley and Chapelfoot: 44km).
  • Coal Tax Circuit
    A 315km walk which links up the markers which delineate the 1860s boundary, within which imports of coal and wine were taxed by the City of London Corporation.
  • Colne Valley Trail
    A walk of 25km between Rickmansworth and Colnbrook.
  • Get out of London: west to Maidenhead
    A 61km walk from Trafalgar Square to Maidenhead via Ravenscourt Park and Stoke Poges.
  • Grand Union Canal Walk
    A 227km walk along the towpath of the canal between the River Thames at Brentford and Birmingham’s famous Gas Street Basin.
  • Hillingdon Trail
    A 32km waymarked path across the London Borough of Hillingdon.
  • Kennet and Avon Canal Path
    A walk of 157km along the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Reading and Bath.
  • London Loop
    A 277km circuit of the capital which follows close to the outer boundaries of the London boroughs, sometimes extending into neighbouring areas.
  • London Summits Walk
    A 320km circuit taking in the highest point in each London borough (plus the summit of the City of London).
  • Oxford Canal Path
    A walk of 129km between Oxford and Hawkesbury Junction, on the north-eastern tip of Coventry.
  • Oxfordshire Way
    A walk of 109km between Bourton-on-the-Water and Henley-on-Thames.
  • Regent’s Canal Walk
    A 14km walk along the towpath (with necessary diversions via streets to negotiate tunnels) between Little Venice and Limehouse.
  • The Ridgeway
    A walk of 136km between Overton Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon.
  • Ring around the Underground
    This 302km route takes you in a grand circular multiple-stage walking tour connecting all the outer termini of the London Underground, the Tube.
  • Shakespeare’s Way
    A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright.
  • Thames Path
    A walk of 440km between Greenwich and the river’s source.

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