This has been posted solely as a winter walk in recent years, so let's give it a whirl in bright light for a change...
Length: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
Ascent: 160m
Net Walking Time: 1
½ hour
Meet at Northwick Park (Metropolitan Line, Zone 4) at 18.40. (18.17 or 18.22 Metropolitan Line from Baker Street).
Alternatively, start from South Kenton station (Zone 4) at the same time, the routes converge after a few
minutes. For that, either take the 18.14 Watford Junction train
from Euston (calling, amongst others, at South Hampstead, Queens Park,
Kensal Green, Willesden Junction, Wembley Central), arriving South Kenton at
18.40, or the Bakerloo Line (takes 35 minutes from Oxford
Circus, for example).
Return trains from Harrow (Zone 5): frequent and fast trains and tubes (Chiltern Trains services to Marylebone in about 15 minutes; Met Line to
Baker Street in about 17 minutes, then on to Aldgate).
This is a short excursion in Northwest London
through a park and then the playing fields of Harrow School, one of the
country's leading ‘public’ (i.e.: fee-paying independent) schools, up onto
the hill that is dominated by the school buildings, its chapel and Harrow’s
church. You walk down from the hill through the hanging cemetery and
skirt around the hill to re-ascend through residential streets to the High
Street, lined by historic school buildings and tea options. The walk
finishes with a descent along a wood and across a grassy open space down to
‘modern’ Harrow and its busy station.
Tea: plenty of
options en-route in Harrow (we often stop at The Castle
pub, in a Grade II-listed building, featured in the Good Beer Guide 2025
and ***-rated on the CAMRA Register for historic interiors) plus The Indian
Gastro Kitchen for dinner near the station.
For walk directions, map, height
profile, and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.40
2 comments:
6 met outside Northwick Park station and began walking, soon joined by walker #7. Weather was #cloudy-turning-sunny as the evening progressed. All agreed to by pass The Castle pub and continued with the walk to admire the hanging cemetery with atmospheric slanting sunshine, and views across the city. We stopped to admire Byron’s grave, and then continued to the eagerly anticipated The Indian Gastro Kitchen. After the spicy meal with varying amounts of heat, and amiable chat, we ambled on to Harrow on the Hill station and so home. A great evening out.
The walk in good company was perfect for the weather but the food for me didn't live up to the hype.
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