New Year Trip Away (Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances)
Details to be announced.
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Easy post-Christmas local walk and museum visit
Local walk and museum visit. Meet at Coombe Lane tram stop Wednesday 27th December to start the walk at 10:30am. We’ll walk about three miles through green spaces and suburban streets to the Museum of the Mind in West Wickham. The Museum is part of Bethlem Hospital https://museumofthemind.org.uk/. There is a hospital canteen that serves until 2:30pm. […]
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Walk from Thornton Heath to Streatham via parks, followed by Ice Hockey match
The usual route from Crystal Palace Station been changed to include Croydon’s "lesser known" parks, some of which were mentioned by Nicola Hunt in her very interesting "100 spaces in 100 days" COPSE talk in October. These are the afternoon's details, which you can join at any time Part 1 12 noon: meet at Thornton […]
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Green Chain Walk
Meet at West Croydon station by 9.40 for the 9.48 Overground train to Penge West arr 9.58, calling at Norwood Junction 9.53. You can also get there by 197 bus (alight Penge W. station.) Follow the Green Chain Walk via Beckenham Place Park to Mottingham. About 8 miles, but could be shortened. The Green Chain […]
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Croydon Urban Mystery Walk
A Little, Local Journey of Discovery Start time: 12pm (Noon) Meeting Place: Outside 109A Church Street, "The Kenkey House" (near "Reeves Corner") https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/109A+Church+St,+Croydon+CR0+1RN/@51.3736037,-0.1043933,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876073a0777ce25:0x8d26f66448d2a4ae!8m2!3d51.3736707!4d-0.1051872 (What3Words location:https://w3w.co/gently.cotton.rope ) To Bring: Any food or drink you can consume as we wend our way along our route. No refreshment stops are included in the afternoon. To Wear: Fingers are […]
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London Loop walk: Hamsey Green to Oaks Park
We will be continuing the London LOOP, picking up from where we left off (last March!!) at Hamsey Green, and probably get as far as Oaks Park (8 and a half miles). But wherever we stop there are buses back into Croydon. Just to remind, the LOOP is the London Outer Orbital Path which goes […]
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continuing with the London LOOP . . .
Continue from Coulsdon around to Oaks Park, onward to cross the 'mad mile' at Banstead Downs, and then towards Nonsuch Park & site of Nonsuch Palace, and possibly as far as Ewell. Potentially as much as 8 miles or so, with some mud and some suburban pavements. Refreshment possibilities in Coulsdon, Clockhouse, Oaks Park, Nonsuch Park, and perhaps other unexpected places. A chance […]
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Sunday Walk with Pepys – Stroll 2*
We all enjoyed the Pepys Walk on 10th December, so here's the second instalment. Where? This Sunday, join me for a stroll through some familiar parts of London with a historical context. We’re going to follow the 17th Century footsteps of Samuel Pepys, this time around the streets of the City of London. Again I’ll […]
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Walk in Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a large wooded area in NE London, with plenty of fairly easy walking. So meet at E. Croydon station at 9.20 for the 9.33 train to London Bridge. Then by 149 bus to Liverpool Street station for the Overground to Chingford. (Zone 5) From there it is a short walk to the […]
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Countryside Walk – 7ish miles
Here are details of my countryside walk on Sunday 10 March 2024. Approx 7 miles (ok maybe 8). An early (for some) start: Meet at East Croydon train station ticket hall at 9.15am. (This will delight Barry.) We catch the 9.31am train to Chipstead. We return later in the day from somewhere further down that line, sorry […]
