For both the Sunday Ramble/Cycle Ride, meet @ 10.00am, by the war memorial, near old Town Hall, Katharine Street, CR9 1ET. Walkers catch 466 bus to The Fox pub, Coulsdon. (Alternatively, walkers could drive to that pub by 10.50 am.) Walkers will be led on a circular route in the lovely countryside around Coulsdon, totalling […]
The walk is about three miles long. Either meet at The Fox pub in Coulsdon at 8PM or catch the bus 466 from Croydon. There is a bus at 7.21 opposite East Croydon station or you catch it any stops along the way. A drink at the Fox Pub after the walk.
The walk starts where they really started in 1962 ie the Abbey Road Studios near St Johns Wood tube station and end where they last performed in 1969 on the roof of the Apple HQ which is near Piccadilly Circus. In between we’ll visit places where they lived, worked and played in the Swinging Sixties […]
An outing to the Chiltern Hills, north of London, with a walk of varied terrain from Tring. An easy journey from East Croydon using the Milton Keynes train. Meet at 8.55 to catch the 9.10 train to Tring, arr 10.38. This train calls at all stations to Clapham Junction (9.40) so if you […]
Visit the Rural Life Centre ("the largest countryside museum in the south of England") to discover about many countryside crafts and traditions. The event, "Rustic Sunday", hosts a variety of expert demonstrators, who will share their knowledge and skills of some past and some enduring rural trades and activities, with a range of exhibits for […]
Meet at East Croydon tram stop to get the tram to Beckenham Junction about 7pm. Then walk to Beckenham Place Park to see the new lake. About a 2 hour walk by the time we return to the tram terminus. Time for a drink in a nearby pub.
The walk lasts from 60 -90 minutes, led by Nikki Gammens from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. It will start at 2pm from the reserve and will end at 3.30. There is no charge but a small donation to the trust is suggested. It won't be just bees, but all flora and fauna and the area is a […]
Start/finish car park on B 2123 2 miles south of Falmer (at 30 mph sign by Woodingdean), car park on left, GR TQ 356585. About 11 miles - Prompt start at 10.00 Bring your own packed lunch.
Meet at East Croydon Station at 9.35 to get the 9.53 train to Amberley. Walk from there to Arundel, about 4 miles, arriving about 12.30. Return home from Arundel, trains every half hour. Lots of things to see at the festival
Challenge yourself to a 15 and a half mile walk and in the process see this year’s Gatliff 25km route. Pleasant, changing countryside in East Surrey and West Kent. Meet at East Croydon railway station at 8am with packed food and drink to keep you going. There is a pub two thirds […]