Evening Walk - The Wandle Trail and the Thames Path (Colliers Wood to Putney or Hammersmith)

Length: 8.8 km (5.5 mi) [longer to Hammersmith]

Net Walking Time: 2 hrs  

 

Meet: Colliers Wood Station at 18.45 hours. Colliers Wood is on the Northern line in Zone 3, and a 26-minute journey from Bank.

Finish: either at Putney Bridge station (District Line) or at Putney Mainline (trains to Waterloo). You can also walk on to Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District and Hammersmith & City lines). 

Drop-Outs: Haydens Road station, Earlsfield station, Wandsworth station.

This walk follows the last 6 km of the River Wandle Trail in south west London to the River Thames, then follows a pretty stretch of the Thames Path through Wandsworth Park to Putney. The walk finishes at a large riverside pub, with options to continue along the Thames Path or explore 2 more riverside parks. The Wandle Trail section is a mix of paths alongside a narrow river, small urban parks and open spaces (some nice, some unkempt) passing back gardens and some industrial areas. The Trail is waymarked, but mainly for cyclists (blue signs with a water wheel for cyclists, green signs with a water wheel for walkers). The route is being improved over time as former industrial areas are gentrified. The river has an interesting industrial heritage, it has a very steep gradient, so it was channelled to drive water wheels, now the route's symbol.

Eat/Drink: By Putney Bridge there are two riverside pubs, with a terrace - a Wetherspoon’s and a Young’s.

For walk directions, map, photos, and gpx/kml files click here. T=short.25