The route begins by following the edge of Banstead Wood, an ancient woodland with a wide range of animal and plant species - with fine views over Chipstead Valley. It then heads across more open country to continue through the attractive woodland and chalk downland of Park Downs, which is an area of common land managed by a board of conservators.
Meeting Point:- Chipstead Railway Station at 11.00 (I will meet you at the rail station).
Travel Information:- Take the 10.12 train from London Bridge, to Purley arriving at 10:39, where you change for the 10:44 train to Chipstead, which arrives in Chipstead at 10.55. Trains back xx:25 past the hour aiming for the 16:25 hrs train back to London.
Fares:- Oyster/Freedom pass friendly
Car Drivers:- There is a free car park on Holly Lane – you do not need to go to the station, I will meet you in the car park. Please send me a text if you are meeting me in the car park.
Length of Walk:- 6 miles
Lunch:- Pubs, cafes or picnic lunch,
We will be stopping for lunch at Banstead High Street. The only one pub there, please see link for the menu https://www.woolpackbanstead.co.uk/menus. Otherwise there are at least 4 cafes available, including a few chains.
There is a park behind the pub where you can eat your sandwiches.
Weather sunny, with temperature upto 25 degrees celsius by the afternoon. There is plenty of shade in the woods. There will be some gentle climbs, some of you may want to bring your walking poles with you.
Helen E
Catch the 09.46 train from London Victoria, arriving at Eastbourne 11.11am. Please use the toilets on the train.
Martin 07392 792537
It'll be time for a catch up and a chat, and there will be a selection of games to play.
Everyone will be given a ticket for the tombola, which will take place at 8 pm. Fun prizes for everyone.
Please purchase your drinks at the bar downstairs, as well as any food you'd like.
Sue Sinton Smith (Social Team)
Distance: 13.5 miles to Colchester Town station - with a dropout after 11.5 miles at Berechurch for the bus. An extra optional mile through Colchester town centre to Colchester (main) station ups it to 14.5 miles ...
Meeting Point: Kelvedon station at 10.30 am (main entrance - cross over the footbridge), moving off thereafter
Getting There: Catch the 9.36 Greater Anglia service from Liverpool Street station (destined for Ipswich), stopping at Stratford 9.43, Shenfield 9.59 and arriving at Kelvedon 10.24
Getting Back: Aiming for the 18.00 service from Colchester Town station to Colchester, arriving 18.07 - change for the 18.12 service back to Liverpool Street (stopping at Kelvedon 18.22, Shenfield 18.51, Stratford 19.06), arriving 19.14
(Rail ticketing would be a day return to Colchester Town, to cover the outward journey to Kelvedon)
Lunch: Stopping at Layer Breton after 6.5 miles, either bring own munchies or get something from the "Hare & Hounds" PH
Further details to be added ...
Route: Messing - Pods Wood - Layer Marney - Layer Breton - Abberton Reservoir - Layer de la Haye - Layer Mill - Friday Wood - Berechurch - Abbey Field - St John's Gate
Moderate yet fairly relaxed pace (2 to 2.5 miles per hour) over good paths. Easy terrain with minor undulations.
Cheers, Nick
Major international kite flying exhibition in Southsea near Portsmouth. Admission free. Possibility of combining this day out with a seaside picnic and shortish walk, and maybe a pub visit afterwards. Details to follow
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Meeting Point:- Ewell West Station 11.04
Train Info:- Take the 10.32 train from Waterloo to Ewell West, arriving at 11.04 Trains back to central London every 30 minutes, xx26, xx56 past the hour. Ewell West is within London boundaries. If you miss this train you can get off at Stoneleigh Railway station and head straight to the tea rooms, which is approximately a 1 mile walk.
Lunch:- Cafe/picnic in Nonsuch park
Length of walk:- 6 1/2 miles, (circular). There is a drop out point after 4.5miles, where you would be able to return to Ewell West Station (not until after lunch, as we have to walk a further mile to reach this point).
Starting from Ewell West Station we head towards Nonsuch Park - once site of Henry V111's huge but now vanished palace. Nonsuch Palace was modelled on contemporary palaces in Italy and France and Henry V111 described it as 'non pareil' (without equal, nothing like it - hence nonsuch). Now the only significant building in the park is Nonsuch Mansion with its tea rooms built in the 18th century. There is also a Museum and Gallery which we will visit - see link below https://friendsofnonsuch.co.uk/
From Nonsuch Park we head towards Hogsmill River where we walk through woodlands, and meadows. We will finish the walk at Ewell West rail station.
Helen E
The venue is standing only entrance is free but you must buy a ticket online to qualify for admission.
It starts at 2pm and lasts until 9.30pm but I am arriving at 4pm.
Some of us have booked for this, the first major European exhibition of James McNeill Whistler’s work in 30 years – bringing together the artist’s world-famous paintings alongside rarely, or never seen, works. It includes exquisite portraits, drawings, prints, and designs, from as early as his teens in St. Petersburg to the enigmatic late self-portraits.
Full price is £24, concessions available. I suggest booking a ticket as soon as you can for the 14:15 slot (or an adjacent slot) at:
https://shop.tate.org.uk/ticket/date?cgid=375283
Meet either in the White Swan, 14, Vauxhall Bridge Road, for lunch or a drink from 12:45 to 14:05, or at the Gallery (side entrance in Atterbury Street, off Millbank) at 14:10. We can have tea at the gallery later. The nearest tube is Pimlico, or overground at Vauxhall.
It would be helpful if, having booked, you drop me an email to say you are coming, also whether you are lunching.
Tim N
The plan is to travel on Friday afternoon/evening and pitch our tents at a campsite on the Knepp estate, where we can have a campfire. On Saturday we will do a local walk in the area. Checkout time is 10am on Sunday, so we may wander off home or potentially be able to leave packed-up tents on site in someone’s car.
This trip has opened for booking. See email for further details.
This walk over the National Trust's picturesque Headley Heath ('open heathland, woodland, and chalk downland') feels very remote even though it starts within London Zone 6. The walk returns to Tadworth via Headley Heath.
The walk starts at Tadworth (Zone 6), just south of Epsom Downs, and crosses open downland (and under the M25) to Headley.
At the start of Headley Heath, the walk crosses the open heathland - with a mix of partly forested hills allowing nice views for most of the way. Then it's a gentle stretch along the North Downs Way (NDW) along the edge of the escarpment, followed by a short stretch along a road to the lunch. Here you have a choice – the preferred option is a packed lunch followed by a drink in the CHALK HARE Pub (01737 420441 or www.chalkhare.co.uk ), however, as the pub is large, serves an Indian and British menu and the service is rapid, you may wish to opt for a Pub Lunch.
The walk returns across pretty Headley Heath along gentle forested paths, with a gentle Walton Heath ending.
There’s a choice of 2 pubs for tea about 20 mins walk before the station.
Train – Catch the 10.10 from London Bridge [platform 11] to Tadworth arriving 11.04.
Return trains are at 10 and 40 mins past the hour to London Bridge.
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