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This is an archive of walks done by the Saturday Walker's Club. You should only need to use this page if the SWC website is down.

Sunday 6 October 2024

Sunday Walk – Norbiton to Chiswick (or Hammersmith)

Extra Walk 261 – Norbiton to Chiswick (or Hammersmith)

Length: 14¾ km (9.2 miles) to Chiswick; 16¾ km (10.4 miles) to Hammersmith. Toughness: 2/10

10:18 Strawberry Hill train from Waterloo (Vauxhall 10:22, Clapham Jct 10:27, etc), arriving Norbiton (in TfL Zone 5) at 10:43. NB. not the 10:14 train which also goes to Norbiton, but the long way round via Richmond. Use Oyster PAYG or contactless.

If you finish at Chiswick, trains back to Waterloo are half-hourly at xx:17 & xx:48.

Chiswick House The first part of this walk is through Richmond Park and if you couldn't make the recent Bushy Park evening walk this is another chance to encounter some dominant males strutting about and bellowing (the deer, that is). A section alongside Beverley Brook and across Barnes Common then brings you to the village on the river and a possible pub lunch, either at the Sun Inn overlooking Barnes Green or one of the eateries along the nearby High Street. Alternatively you could carry on to Chiswick House where street food will be on offer at the Duck Pond Market in its grounds.

The walk notes include directions to stations at Chiswick (for trains to Waterloo) and Turnham Green (District line) if you want to end the walk here. Alternatively, you can return to the Thames Path and carry on to Hammersmith or even Putney, with plenty more pubs and cafés to revive you along the way.

Please bring the directions from the L=swc.261 page. A fair proportion of the walk is on firm surfaces, so choose comfortable footwear.

2 comments:

Mr M Tiger said...

It all started with n=1 at the station. But that’s because that n=1 was half an hour late. He bravely entered Richmond Park on his own and continued past bellowing stags and congregating hinds. Parakeets screeched, jackdaws watched. The day was w=cloudy After the park (which is big), it was on through Barnes Common, finally reaching the Sun Inn.
And guess what readers. There were n=5 more walkers there. There was a long wait for food there so most had settled for drinks. Two moved off to a caff. Two had already left the walk at Barnes Station. Altogether that makes ( just a minute while I do the maths) n=8 (numbers may not be accurate).
After Barnes, the group remnants did a circuit of Chiswick Park. The market there was perhaps not quite as exciting as billed, but one walker got a custard tart. We saw a heron close up.
We finished at Chiswick Station.

Mr M Tiger said...

Silly me. By Chiswick Park, I meant Chiswick House and Gardens.