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The North Downs Way follows the boundary of the London Borough of Bromley for a short distance, and although it looks like it mainly stays on the Kent side of the border, it does appear from the map that it does briefly stray across into Greater London at a couple of points.

Timbo | 07.05.24 - 7:56 a.m. | #

The Greenwich Meridian Trail is partially waymarked and remains a bit of a work in progress, running from Peacehaven on the Sussex coast and then roughly following the Meridian to Greenwich, then northwards to meet the sea again near Hull. The route is published in a series of books by Graham and Hilda Heap, but I've not found the route description online (yet).

graybo | Homepage | 07.05.24 - 8:24 a.m. | #

A not-quite-waymarked trail is the Centenary Walk through Epping Forest. It has a handful of signposts in a few key locations, but surprisingly it is one of the only of London’s walking trails to be marked on OS Maps! An oddity.

Dan | 07.05.24 - 8:28 a.m. | #

If you want to see where a walking route goes, the 'fabulous Londonwide map' linked at the start of the post is fabulous.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.05.24 - 8:31 a.m. | #

At first I mistook the Premier League title as a walk. I thought it was going to be a walk that took in all the Premier League football stadiums in London.

Barry | 07.05.24 - 8:54 a.m. | #

The Vanguard way to Chelsham also brings you past the 11th century St. Mary the Virgin church hidden away in Farleigh. Just outside London but still well worth seeing.

Keith the Kraut | 07.05.24 - 10:15 a.m. | #

You really should get out more!

Running_Correspondent | 07.05.24 - 10:16 a.m. | #

I'm always on the lookout for a good walking project so thanks for these.
I've done 11 and bits of another 5.

Cornish Cockney | 07.05.24 - 10:41 a.m. | #

The 15 mile long Thames Down Link is mostly in Surrey, but starts in Kingston-upon-Thames, so has a few miles in Greater London. Not sure if it fits into "The start of something bigger" though!

Some of it is shared with the LOOP. It was waymarked when I did it many years ago.

dg writes: added, thanks.

Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 07.05.24 - 11:12 a.m. | #

British Orienteering has some walks challenges but, for obvious reasons, these are not waymarked walks.

Louise | 07.05.24 - 11:25 a.m. | #

London has a decent number of waymarked walks. I can't take credit for any of them, but can take a bit of credit for including a few of them on the map linked to :-)

I think the Grand Union Canal also deserves to be on the list. There are a few sporadic waymarks, and as it's along a canal doesn't need any more really.

Mikey C | 07.05.24 - 11:35 a.m. | #

not London, but anyone tempted to venture north along the Lea Valley path should know that Luton is not inevitable as branching east just before Rye House along the River Stort navigation leads to the prettiest part of the whole valley. Even the bit through Harlow feels relatively rural. London to Bishops Stortford is doable in a (longish) day.

Peter T | 07.05.24 - 11:39 a.m. | #

Is the Line, the Art trail in East London waymarked. I vaquely remember an zig zag arrow on a waymark at some point.

Graeme | 07.05.24 - 11:49 a.m. | #

The Croxley Green boundary walk is a way marked 6.3 miles semi-rural stroll

dg writes: and is not in London.

Mike | Homepage | 07.05.24 - 12:23 p.m. | #

The Barnes Trail and its Extension combine as a 5.3 mile waymarked walk, though parts overlap with the Thames Path.

ap | 07.05.24 - 12:53 p.m. | #

You have not included the Roding Valley Way, which you have blogged about in the past. It's reasonably well waymarked and mostly within London.

dg writes: added, thanks.

Nigel | 07.05.24 - 3:10 p.m. | #

Hillingdon Trail - On my 'I really should walk this' list.

You really should. A little too zig-zaggy in places for me but many interesting features and some gorgeous views. I last walked it other than inadvertent bits around 30 years ago, but I see the instructions were updated in 2020 (a "get out of the office" pandemic activity if ever I saw one) so should be fairly dependable and I would hope the waymarking was also checked then if not since. An HS2-related diversion past West Ruislip station isn't mentioned, but is from what I've seen quite well signposted on the ground or can be worked out using an OS map.

Andrew S | 07.05.24 - 6:17 p.m. | #

There's a waymarked Wandle-Oaks Link of about 3 miles, which branches off the Wandle Trail in The Grove park, Carshalton, then goes up the hill via the Little Woodcote Estate to Oaks Park. The last bit is also part of a waymarked circular Sutton Countryside Walk, which then overlaps with part of the London Loop between Banstead and Coulsdon.

Nick L | 07.05.24 - 10:08 p.m. | #

I'd not heard of the King Charles III England Coast Path until today when I saw at bit of it on the ground this afternoon then read about it here in the evening. Thank you.

Steven Saunders | 07.05.24 - 10:26 p.m. | #

You can see most of these on waymarkedtrails.org with a few more, with the complete route visible and downloadable as a gpx file. OSM map data to the rescue.

dg writes: yes, I linked to that map in the post and mentioned it in an earlier comment.

(Scroll around and zoom in or out, then click on the button at the bottom right to get a list of trails that cross the current view.)

Ken | 08.05.24 - 12:44 p.m. | #

Looking forward to your report on the Vanguard Way! Colin Saunders, Chair, Vanguard Way Association.

Colin Saunders | Homepage | 13.05.24 - 1:00 p.m. | #











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