Evening Walk - Grand Union Canal and an Iron Age hillfort site in the Borough of Ealing: Perivale Circular via Horsenden Hill

Length: 5.3 km (3.3 mi)

Ascent/Descent: 95m

Net Walking Time: 1 ¼ hrs

 

Meet: Perivale Station at 18.45 hours. Perivale station is on the West Ruislip branch of the Central Line, and in Zone 4. Travel time from Bond Street is 24 minutes.

 

You hit the Grand Union Canal and walk along its towpath, then cross a couple of meadows to climb the mostly wooded Horsenden Hill (an Iron Age hillfort site) and descend to a pub. Retreat to the tube along a tarmac path, then a road pavement.

 

Eat/Drink: The Ballot Box at Horsenden Hill (a Hungry Horse pub, i.e.: Greene King, open to 23.00, food to 21.00).

 

For walk directions, map, and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.4