Length: ~5.75 km (3.5 miles). Toughness 1/10.
18:06 Thameslink Sutton service from London Blackfriars, arriving Mitcham Junction at 18:37 or you could arrive a few minutes earlier on one of the trains below:
18:11 Southern Dorking service from London Victoria (Clapham Junction 18:18, Balham 18:23), arriving Mitcham Junction at 18:33
17:52 Southern Sutton service from London Bridge, arriving Mitcham Junction at 18:27
You can also arrive by tram (frequent services from Wimbledon or East Croydon), but be aware that tram and train journeys are charged separately.
Return trains from Carshalton are at xx:45 and xx:15 to London Victoria, xx:49 and xx:19 to Blackfriars until 21:19 then at xx:51 and xx:21. All stations are in London travelcard zones 1-6 so you can use Oyster or Contactless.
This is a short section of the Mitcham Junction to Colliers Wood walk. It starts at Mitcham Junction and follows the published route through part of Mitcham Common and across Beddington Farmlands - a large area being transformed into a new wetlands nature reserve. The route leads you through the attractive Beddington Park with its historic buildings then on to Carshalton Ponds and Carshalton Village, which offers a choice of post walk refreshment places. The Hope (020 8240 1255) 48 West Street SM5 2PR, a community run pub, has been popular in the past. It serves home cooked one-pot meals (until 10pm) and real ales.
You'll need to print the directions from the L=swc.273 page.
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#5 at the station who did the walk and #3 more joined us at the pub. It was #cloudy_and_cooler_than_recent_days. I think this makes a nice evening stroll, espcially the section through Beddington Park, where we came across several trees which have been overtaken by caterpillars or worms. Further along in the park, bell ringing was again in progress at St. May's Church and we saw 3 herons at Carshalton Ponds. The Hope pub wasn't especially busy when we last did this as an evening walk in September 2024, but this time, just before we arrived, there'd been an influx of people. It wasn't quite warm enought to sit in the large outside area but we eventually managed to gather around the same table and service was quick and friendly and people seemed happy with their food and drinks. There wasn't any music but the volume of people talking left us struggling to hear each other .
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