9.50 train from Victoria (9.57 Clapham Junction, 10.10 East Croydon) to Upper Warlingham, arriving 10.22.
You could also get the 9.40 train from London Bridge to Whyteleafe, arriving 10.17 and hurry the short distance up the hill to Upper Warlingham station. This train calls at Norwood Junction at 9.53)
All these station are in zone six, so use Oyster, contactless or passes.
For walk directions, GPX and a map of the route click here
This walk should provide plentiful bluebells (which are very early this year: a stern letter has been sent to their parents….) and wood anemones (which are currently at their peak): the loop round Selsdon Wood is especially recommended for the latter. The edge of the golf course just after Selsdon Wood has also been known to have fine displays of cowslips (perhaps a tad early for them, though).
Lunch is at the capacious Harrow pub, though on some of the extensions the Bull Inn is better situated. At the end of the walk, drinkers tend to gravitate towards the Radius microbrewery and there is also the more conventional Whyteleafe Tavern. Neither do hot drinks but these can be had in the Pavillion Cafe in the park or at a takeaway desserts shop next to the Radius called (tragically...) Dzerts.
There is also an ending of this walk at Woldingham station which brings you to a very nice garden centre tea room called The Dene: but this shuts at 4.30pm and Woldingham is one stop outside zone six.
Trains back from Upper Warlingham are at 02 and 32 past the hour (three minutes earlier from Woldingham)
3 comments:
I've booked a table for 6 at the Harrow for lunch at 1pm. Only 2 places are taken so there are 4 lunch places available.
N=13 at Upper W, met n=2 from Whyteleafe then n=2 more raced past me up the hill looking for ‘the group’ How many’s that, then? After a slow ascent of said hill and a slight bit of WWT (wrong way trauma), your correspondent bumped into another n=2 who’d missed the train. So how many now?
To cap it all, there were several random appearances by the Walks Inspector, who must be a master of transubstantiation. So….must be n=20
Anyone looking forward to the predicted drizzle was in for a disappointment. We had a w=cloudy-morning-sunny-afternoon, but, on the plus side, there was a chilly breeze.
What with the cloudy weather, the wooden enemies posed little threat, and kept their heads down. Not so the bluebells, poking up all over the place. This made some people happy.
The group fragmented into small bits and a big bit.
Your rather slow correspondent finally caught up with the main group in the Harrow. There they were, stuffing their faces, and they were enjoying it. Not a vast selection of drinks available, but hey. Anyway, thanks for the chips.
Then on, groups splitting and re-mingling The last back to Upper W was yours truly. Eschewing the park cafe, a rendezvous for some, it was on to join the group in the Radius Arms and have rather more strong cider than was advisable. (You try saying ^transubstantiation^after some of that!)
Forgot to mention the cowslips on the golf course ( Selsdon Wood loop) -quite a show.
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