This worked well last winter, so why not do it again?
Length: 6.3 km (shorter and non-undulating walk possible
by omitting Queen’s Wood)
Ascent/Descent: 155/100m
et Walking Time: 1 ½ hours
Toughness: 2 out of 10
Meet at 18.30 outside
Finsbury Park Station, Station Place/National Rail Exit (Victoria
and Piccadilly Lines, Thameslink from St. Pancras and Mainline Rail from King’s
Cross, Zone 2).
Finish is at Highgate Underground (Northern Line, High Barnet Branch, Zone 3).
Walk up from the transfer hub that is Finsbury Park
along a dismantled railway line to Highgate, and either finish immediately or
loop through the undulating Queen’s Wood, remnant of the ancient Forest of
Middlesex, in one of the highest parts of Inner North London. Queen’s Wood has
a wild, little managed and challenging feel and consequently features a great
mixture of flora and fauna (which will admittedly be difficult to spot in the
dark).
Walk Option: Finish at Highgate w/o going through Queen’s Wood:
3.7 km with about 80m ascent.
Refreshments in Highgate: The
Boogaloo pub/bar or The
Woodman pub.
For walk directions, photos, map,
height profile and gpx/kml files click here.
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1 comment:
n=9 met up kind of on time, on a day that was w=warm-for-the-time-of-year-and-dry
1 dropped out early, which left 8 of us to amble up the dismantled railway line under the light of the quarter (at a guess) moon. There were fine views out to some scrapers to the west at one point, and we successfully negotiated the muddy parts of the linear route.
At Highgate, no one bailed out, and we all dived into Queen's Wood. Some mud there, but only in a very few small areas, and certainly enough light to not engage the headtorches too much.
All then retired to The Woodman, most for a meal, the rest just for a drink.
All in, a very fine evening walk.
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