Green Walks in England: Outer London (east)

This area includes Greater London outside the North and South Circular Roads, and between Chingford and Knockholt stations on the perimeter.

Neighbouring regions and areas are

Unlike other regions, all of Greater London may be reached from anywhere within its bounds: the precise choice of a hub will depend on the area of focus.

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.
  • 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.
  • Epping Forest Centenary Walk
    A 23km walk through the City of London Corporation’s Epping Forest, with endpoints at Wanstead Flats and Epping station.
  • Get out of London: east to Gravesend
    A 52km route from Trafalgar Square to Gravesend via Greenwich and Joyden’s Wood.
  • Get out of London: east to Southend-on-Sea
    A 98km walk from Trafalgar Square to Southend-on-Sea via Dagenham and Tilbury.
  • Get out of London: north-east to Epping
    A 36km route from Trafalgar Square to Epping via Wanstead Flats and Chingford.
  • Get out of London: south-east to Sevenoaks
    A 51km walk from Trafalgar Square to Sevenoaks via Chislehurst and either Knockholt Pound or Otford.
  • London Loop
    A 320km circuit taking in the highest point in each London borough (plus the summit of the City of London).
  • London Summits walk
    A 320km circuit taking in the highest point in each London borough (plus the summit of the City of London).
  • Pymmes Brook Trail
    A 22km waymarked walk between Monken Hadley and Tottenham Hale, following the course of the Pymmes Brook.
  • 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.
  • Thames Path
    A walk of 440km between Greenwich and the river’s source.

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