POSTPONED: This walk will be badly affected by Wednesday's major diesel spill in the River Wandle and in any case the public are being advised to avoid the area. I'll reschedule this on another date.
If you want to do a shorter walk on Sunday than Stargazer's Guildford–Farnham, join that one but loop back from Compton to Guildford, a version of the Short Circular walk.
Length: About 13 km (8 miles). Toughness: 1/10
Take a Northern line tube to arrive at Morden (TfL Zone 4) by 11:15. It's a 30 minute journey from central London; if necessary, use the TfL Journey Planner from your local station. Meet upstairs in the ticket hall.
You can return from either Putney Bridge (District line) or Putney (six trains an hour to Clapham Jct & Waterloo). There are also several drop-out points on or close to the walk route: Colliers Wood on the Northern line plus Earlsfield and Wandsworth Town for trains to Waterloo. All these stations are in Zones 2 or 3.
I've decided to combine two short walks which together cover the final stretch of the Wandle Trail through south London, with a short extension along the Thames Path to finish. They're normally posted separately as evening walks but this combination should make a reasonable winter's day walk. The notes admit that this final stretch of the Wandle Trail “isn't the prettiest of walks” but there are parks at both ends, and as much of the route is on firm paths there should be little or no mud to contend with.
If you want a mid-walk refreshment break the notes mention the Louis Earlsfield restaurant just before you have to divert away from the river into Earlsfield. A little further on you'll pass two or three pubs on its High Street, including The Halfway House and The Wandle. There are plenty more places in Wandsworth and Putney too, with The Boathouse and The Rocket by Putney Bridge competing for your custom at the end of the walk.
As usual there's no walk leader so please download the GPS files and/or the directions from the Morden Hall Park and the Colliers Wood to Putney Bridge walk pages. NB. If you're running late you'll see from the route maps that there are some obvious short cuts you could take in Morden Hall Park.
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2 comments:
So This Walk is Postponed. Is that due to the Tube Strike i take it?
No Marc, there has been a serious pollution incident on the river Wandle - see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8vdl1986no
Even if we weren't being advised to avoid the area, I expect paths will be closed to allow for cleanup work. It's a bit of a disaster
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