Length: 12 km (7.5 miles). Toughness: 1/10
Take the Thameslink train towards Rainham (Kent) starting from Kentish Town at 10:26 (St Pancras 10:31 … London Bridge 10:46, Lewisham 10:59), arriving Blackheath (TfL Zone 3) at 11:02.
Alternatively, take the 10:33 Dartford train from Victoria (Denmark Hill 10:43, Peckham Rye 10:46, etc) which arrives three minutes earlier at 10:59. Wait on the platform for the Thameslink arrivals.
At Canary Wharf there are separate stations (all in Zone 2) for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), Jubilee Line and Elizabeth Line.
A plethora of engineering works elsewhere has prompted me to post this walk a few months earlier than usual, when it would have coincided with the Winter Lights Festival† at Canary Wharf. It's obviously not a country walk but at this time of year there might still be some late autumn colour to be seen on the many veteran and ornamental trees in Greenwich Park.
After leaving the park I remember being able to squeeze into the Plume of Feathers (Greenwich's oldest pub) for Sunday lunch, but this is by no means guaranteed. There are other places in and around the Greenwich World Heritage Site or you could do what several walkers did last time, divert to Greenwich Market to pick up some street food.
If you can tear yourself away from the free attractions in this area – the art collection in the Queen's House, the Chapel of the Royal Naval College and the exhibits in the Maritime Museum – the walk crosses to the Isle of Dogs via the foot tunnel and follows the Thames Path to Canary Wharf. There are plenty of refreshment opportunities here too as well as lots of outdoor public art to be seen.
You'll need to bring the directions from the L=swc.215 page.
† Perhaps one of our midweek posters will oblige with an evening stroll around Canary Wharf in January.
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N=6 and a dog at the station. 5 hurried along, leaving Mr Tiger behind. But don’t you worry readers - they soon caught him up.
On entering “Green Witch Park”, it transpired that the flower garden had a “no dogs” policy so we lost n=1 and the dog there. There were plans to meet up later, but it didn’t happen.
Then, miracle of miracles, walker number n=7 bounded up, disguised as a jogger, and, not long after that, we bumped into walker number n=8 at the viewpoint.
We went round the park twice, like what we’re supposed to, and up a hill to watch the 1 o clock ball descend. It descended.
Good tree colour in places and the weather was w=sunny
We managed to squeeze into the Plume and Feathers, where the landlord kindly plied Mr Tiger with samples of different beers. One of us had a sumptuous repast (from which chips were noticeably absent) the rest just drank.
After ‘lunch’, there was a surprise diversion into the Maritime Museum to look at the Astronomy Photography exhibition. Some good snaps . Nothing on a par with ‘ Big tree’ or ‘Horses in a field’ , but OK. ( No, honestly, it was impressive).
After that, we headed in the direction of the foot tunnel and the big ship where, surprisingly, everyone decided to finish. Must have been tired poor dears. All those light years. No amount of cajoling could persuade them otherwise, so Mr Tiger finished there too. A grand half-day out.
*Greenwich temporarily renamed to publicise the Wicked film.
See. Told you. https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/greenwitch
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