Group Walk

Southern England / Surrey

London

20ml.

09:00

Meet at Kingston upon Thames Railway Station

Hampton Court Park, the Commons, North Downs, woodlands and a wine estate. Finish at Dorking where there are two stations and frequent return trains.

Take the 08:27 from Waterloo arriving at Kingston 08:55. Possible to join the walk at Hampton Court Station at 10:12 taking the 09:36 from Waterloo or join at Esher Station at 10:48 taking the 10:20 from Waterloo. Average pace of 2.8 miles per hour and option to finish early at Leatherhead. Bring food and drink, picnic stops only, woodland facilities. Very helpful but not essential to send your name and membership number in advance in case there are last minute changes to arrangements. Text or WhatsApp walk leader. Message from the walk creator and leader: "In 1974 I walked the Ridgeway Path over the 4 day Easter weekend. This was my first Long Distance Path and the start of my life-long love of long distance walking. Since then I have walked many official and unofficial LDPs. To celebrate my 50 years of LDP walking I am doing my own route, again over the 4 days of the Easter weekend, from the River Thames at Kingston almost directly south across Surrey and Sussex to the hamlet of Kingston on the English Channel. I am linking up 4 walks as a long distance path of my creation and other walkers can choose which day or days they would like to walk. I would be delighted if some do all 4. I will be returning home each day by train and other walkers who are planning to do more than 1 day can choose either to do the same or to stay overnight at the stopping points as each day continues from where the previous day finished. Anyone doing this should make their own arrangements."