Starting tomorrow, and running through to the New Year, the Ramblers Association is holding its annual festival of winter walks – an opportunity to lure in prospective new members and for the rest of us, to force ourselves to walk off some of the Xmas excesses.
Last year, it was quite a major event, with sponsorship and a rather fine website. This year, the website is not as easy to drill down to the key information.
That said, although I personally prefer rambling alone, as an often quite lazy person who might wake up one morning and say “sod it”, I do find organised events a very good way of committing myself to getting out and rambling.
A look at their website shows a number of walks happening in the London area. The walks are free, and most are just turn up and go.
The full list in calendar format is below:
Saturday 24th December
- Addiscombe Railway Path
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Petts Wood and Jubilee Country Park
- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- Ashtead to Epsom
- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:00
- Childerditch Common
- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Epping via Theydon Oak
- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
Christmas Day
- Chipping Ongar
- 7 mile walk starting at 10:30
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- 7 mile walk starting at 10:30
- Abridge circular
- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
Boxing Day
- Happy Valley
- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Kenley Common
- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 13:00
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- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 13:00
- Shoreham, Kent circular
- 6 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 6 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Oxshott Heath and Esher Common
- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- Meopham Station circular
- 7 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 7 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Keston circular
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Epping Forest circular
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Gerald Colton Way: Kentish Town to Mill Hill East
- 9 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 9 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- Childerditch Common
- 12 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 12 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Circular: Epping Forest Walk
- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- An Amble round Claybury Park and Woods
- 4 mile Easy walk
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- 4 mile Easy walk
- Chipperfield
- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 13:30
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- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 13:30
Tuesday 27th December
- Alexandra Palace to Finsbury Park
- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- Westbourne Park to Green Park
- 11 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:45
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- 11 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:45
- Circular walk in Epping Forest
- 4.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:15
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- 4.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:15
- Embankment to Charing Cross
- 3 mile Leisurely walk starting at 17:00
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- 3 mile Leisurely walk starting at 17:00
- Hornchurch Country Park
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Between East and West Horsley
- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- Alleys of Sutton & Pylbrook Stream
- 4 mile Easy walk starting at 10:45
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- 4 mile Easy walk starting at 10:45
- Kingston Circular
- 6 mile walk starting at 10:55
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- 6 mile walk starting at 10:55
- Dorking to Leatherhead
- 12 mile Strenuous walk starting at 10:45
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- 12 mile Strenuous walk starting at 10:45
28th December 2011
- Beckenham Place and Downham Woodlands
- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
- Walking from Hutton
- 9 mile walk starting at 10:15
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- 9 mile walk starting at 10:15
- Limpsfield Common, Surrey
- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Beckenham Place and Downham Woodlands
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Shipbourne Common Circular
- 10 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 10 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Linear Walk from Egham to Ascot
- 9 mile walk
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- 9 mile walk
- Yorkshill Crossroads car park, by Goathurst Common
- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Effingham and Polesden Lacey
- 5.5 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 5.5 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Lullingstone Country Park circular
- 10 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 10 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Linear: 1st leg of the 37 mile Jubilee Greenway Walk
- 12.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 12.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
29th December 2011
- Morning Walk from Cranham
- 6 mile walk starting at 10:15
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- 6 mile walk starting at 10:15
- Old Street to Holland Park
- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- Circular: Family Walk Walthamstow – Suitable for Buggies
- 3 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
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- 3 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
30th December 2011
- Circular: Part of Epping Forest Centenary Walk to High Beach
- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Walk around Sutton
- 5 mile walk
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- 5 mile walk
- Keston Ponds car park, Nash Circular walk
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:15
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:15
- Kingswood
- 3 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 3 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- Pyrford
- 4.5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 4.5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Beddington Park Plus
- 4 mile Easy walk starting at 10:00
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- 4 mile Easy walk starting at 10:00
- Epsom Downs Circular
- 8 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 8 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
31st December 2011
- Enfield Chase circular
- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
- East Dulwich to Crystal Palace
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Manor House to Limehouse
- 8 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 8 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Chalfont St Giles area
- 6 mile walk starting at 13:30
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- 6 mile walk starting at 13:30
- Morning Walk from Harold Park
- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Circular: Around Upshire
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Grange Hill circular
- 5 mile Leisurely walk
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk
- Chorleywood circular
- 12 mile walk starting at 09:55
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- 12 mile walk starting at 09:55
- Denham Country Park
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Belhus Woods Country Park
- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- Chalfont St Giles
- 6 mile walk starting at 13:30
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- 6 mile walk starting at 13:30
- Bulstrode
- 5 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Selsdon, Surrey
- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 5.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Kingston to Richmond
- 7.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:20
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- 7.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:20
- Chelsfield to Pratts Bottom
- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 13:00
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- 4 mile Moderate walk starting at 13:00
- An Arcadian Walk along the Thames Kingston to Richmond
- 6 mile Easy walk starting at 10:45
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- 6 mile Easy walk starting at 10:45
- Anerley to Selhurst
- 8 mile walk starting at 11:05
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- 8 mile walk starting at 11:05
New Years Day
- Charlton and Woolwich Riverside
- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
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- 5 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
- East Finchley to Harrow
- 11 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 11 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- Chipping Ongar
- 7 mile walk starting at 11:00
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- 7 mile walk starting at 11:00
- Circular: Loughton and the Roding
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 13:30
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 13:30
- Chingford circular in Epping Forest
- 5 mile Leisurely walk
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk
- Richmond to Gunnersbury
- 6 mile walk starting at 11:00
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- 6 mile walk starting at 11:00
- Ruislip to Harefield circular
- 12 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 12 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Shipbourne Common circular
- 5 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Round Walk from Banstead
- 11 mile walk
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- 11 mile walk
- A 6 mile circular walk from Cobham, Kent
- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:05
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- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:05
- Wimbledon to Richmond
- 6 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 6 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- A stroll around Plaxtol
- 6.5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
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- 6.5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:30
- Epsom Downs
- 9 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 9 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Chislehurst Circular
- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:35
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- 6 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:35
- New Malden to Putney Bridge
- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
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- 7 mile Moderate walk starting at 11:00
- Epsom Downs via Mere Pond & Headley
- 8 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 8 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
- Otford
- 3.5 mile walk starting at 11:00
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- 3.5 mile walk starting at 11:00
- A walk to Downe
- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 12:30
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- 4 mile Leisurely walk starting at 12:30
- Richmond to Gunnersbury
- 6 mile walk starting at 11:00
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- 6 mile walk starting at 11:00
2nd January 2012
- Linear: Waltham Forest Boundary Walk – Eastern half
- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 10.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- Harold Wood and the Thames Chase
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 10:00
- The Only Way is Essex – Epping to Theydon Bois via Toot Hill
- 10 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
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- 10 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:30
- West Byfleet to Brookwood
- 7 mile Leisurely walk starting at 11:03
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- 7 mile Leisurely walk starting at 11:03
- Norbiton to Sheen linear
- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 11:10
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- 5 mile Leisurely walk starting at 11:10
- Guildford circular
- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
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- 6 mile walk starting at 10:00
- Norbiton to Kingston via Richmond Park & Thames Path
- 6 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
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- 6 mile Easy walk starting at 10:30
- Chartwell
- 7.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
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- 7.5 mile Moderate walk starting at 10:00
