Welcome to our first outing of the year to a wonderfully wooded area of East London.

Meeting Info

Meet at Waterloo Main Line Station under the large suspended clock near platform eleven at 10:30 am. We’ll be travelling within the zone 6 and may be able to get a group fare.

About the Spring Walk

The walk starts from Belvedere where we enter the woods and find an elevated heath that was settled in ancient times, then drop down through Abbey Woods to the stunning remains of Lesnes Abbey. Here we can have a stop to explore, have lunch at a cafe or our own lunch packs, before heading off for the afternoon through interconnecting woodlands with less access for provisions till we meet a friendly pub that knows we’re en route that does teas/coffees etc.

From here there are buses to shorten the walk, with the remainder continuing through Oxleas Wood with broad avenues and flat walking leading finally to Falcon Wood Rail Station for our return to Waterloo.

There are some testing climbs in parts but nothing too challenging, so please have suitable foot ware and maybe bring some water. Distance 5-6 miles finishing around 4 pm.

Look forward to meeting you, and please call Robin on 07442179739 for additional information or if the weather is incompatible and means we need to cancel.