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Walking Time: 1 ½ hrs
Meet:
Wanstead Station,
at 18.30 hours. Wanstead is a station on the Hainault loop of the
Central Line in Zone 4. Travel time from Oxford Circus is 27 minutes, and from
Liverpool Street 17 minutes.
Leafy
stroll in the Borough of Redbridge through the Grade II* listed historic
landscaped parkland of Wanstead Park, once home to the Palladian mansion of
Wanstead House, compared at the time to Blenheim Palace. Today only two smaller
structures, The Grotto and The Temple, remain (and the House itself stood on
what is now a golf course), but nevertheless the present smaller park retains
some of the layout of Wanstead House’s grounds, especially its many ponds, and
provides a perfect venue for relaxing and escaping the urban sprawl, with its
plentiful water features and varied woods.
The park closes ‘at dusk’.
Eat/Drink: Plenty of options near the station, some of whom may even be
open. See webpage for details.
For walk directions,
map, photos, and gpx/kml files click here.
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6 comments:
I live near Wanstead Park and took a photo of the bluebell wood on 15.4.20. I'll check the wood out again nearer the date of the walk and update on their progress.
I saw my first bluebell patch of the year between Sutton Vallance and Harrietsham on Saturday (3 April). They were in full flower.
Bluebell photo now on walks photo album, at the end. Short walk 11. Thanks Andrew.
Bluebell check am Sunday 11 April. A few starting to show so walk date looking good. Ground rock hard, some rain and higher temperatures needed.
Bluebell check Sunday 18 April. More blooms showing but looking frazzled by the heat and lack of moisture. No rain forecast and ground rock hard with cracks appearing. Should be a fair display but what happened to those Aprils of my childhood when it rained every day! Still this will make a lovely walk in late evening sunshine as there is much to discover and enjoy.
n=9 walkers tonight in w=sunny weather
A generally very nice walk further enlightened by wood anenomes, celandines and bluebells in many places, and then later carpets of bluebells in Chalet Woods, which we ventured into along the looping paths. As per our local spy on the ground: there probably hasn't been the rain that the flowers need, but this was the best display so far on all the walks I've been on.
One walker had booked a table at The Cuckfield, towards Snaresbrook station, and we booked another one to accommodate everyone. Nice food and drinks with the now obligatory online ordering and all kinds of other Covid-procedures, but also with fast and efficient service. Recommended.
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