Meet me at St Albans Station at 10:30 am. Trains go from St Pancras International and Thameslink Stations. I am catching the 10:02 from Farringdon.
I've booked a ticket for a two hour guided tour, with excellent local tour guide, Rob Smith, starting at 11 am. This is £10 for over 65s and £15 otherwise. If you'd like to join me, I recommend you book a ticket. Details here.
https://footprintsoflondon.com/live/eventbrite-event/walking-tour-st-albans-day-out/
I'm planning to visit the Cathedral after lunch and anything else I can fit in. I will probably stay out to have dinner in St Albans.
Sue Sinton Smith
Join me to discover a great venue, listening to a band called Brown Wimpenny. There are 11 members in the band, and they play a range of instruments, so it should be a great night. Listen here : https://brownwimpenny.bandcamp.com/album/brown-wimpenny-live-demos
Book your tickets here: https://dice.fm/event/8ewqp7-brown-wimpenny-flynn-mchardy-16th-may-theatreship-london-tickets
Sue Sinton Smith
Contact the Secretary for the address of the meeting.
Further details in an email to be issued nearer the time
TRAIN: Get the 10.08 from London Victoria arriving at 10.34.
TERRAIN: Some Up’s and Down’s though mostly flat. Walking Boots recommended as it can be muddy
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
Please bring a picnic lunch, enough to drink and suitable clothing for the weather.
From Grove Park station, the walk goes along Chinbrook Road and alongside the Quaggy River to join the end point of the previous section. We then walk west through suburban streets and go over the “Railway Children Bridge” before joining the Downham Woodland Walk. After a little more road walking we enter Beckenham Place Park, a glorious open space of 237 acres. We initially follow a route through open parkland and then enter an extensive wooded area that takes us past the end of a lake. This continues to our lunch stop in the courtyard of a beautifully restored Georgian stable block. Here there are benches, a cafe, bar and toilets, and a terrace with views over wonderful gardens. We will have a break here for about 45 minutes to give people time to wander around the adjacent garden areas. After lunch we will walk past Beckenham Place mansion, a Palladian-style building dating from 1762, before exiting the park. We then follow a route through a mix of roads, paths and green spaces to Penge. On this section we pass close to Kent House, Penge East and Penge West stations, if anyone wants to drop out. We then enter Crystal Palace Park, where there are toilets just inside the park. We will follow a route on the south side of the park, alongside the large lake. Beside the lake there are the famous statues of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, which date from Victorian times and are Grade1 listed structures. We then continue past the athletics stadium to Crystal Palace station, where the walk ends. There are regular train services to Victoria and London Bridge; services to Beckenham Junction and West Croydon; and Overground services to Highbury and Islington via Whitechapel.
The terrain is generally level, but with some long and quite steep slopes and steps at the railway bridges.
The suggested train is the 10.31 service from Charing Cross, calling at Waterloo East at 10.34, London Bridge at 10.40, Lewisham at 10.49, Hither Green at 10.54 and arriving at Grove Park station at 10.57. Meet outside the exit of Grove Park station from where we will leave after intros shortly after 11.00am.
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
This will be a Book your own accommodation Trip.
More details to follow.
Sue Sinton Smith
Sue Sinton Smith