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This Week's Walks - Archive

Please see the Saturday Walker's Club This Week's Walks page.

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.

Friday 8 August 2025

Annual Events

Jan

Canary Wharf Light Festival

Feb

Snowdrops: #swc353 Knebworth Circular; #swc53 Overton to Whitchurch; #cw1.51 Henley to Pangbourne

Mar

National Lottery Open Week - free entry to gardens, Hampton Court etc.

Wood anemones: #cw1.15: Leigh to Tunbridge Wells; #short43 Lesnes Abbey Woods; #cw2.20 (option b) Robertsbridge to Battle

Apr

 Azaleas: #cw1.18 Sunningdale to Windsor - in Saville Gardens (Windsor): also Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park)

May

Bluebells : Late April-early May: #swc353: Knebworth to Hitchin; #cw2.5 (option ab) Tring to Berkhamsted via Dockey Wood and Flat Isley; #cw1.9 Shiplake to Henley via High Wood and Greys Court; #cw2.13 (option e) Guildford to Boxhill; #cw1.47: Ockley to Warnham.......and many more (see our Nature Blog)

Early May: for late bluebells plus rhododendrons and azaleas: #cw1.42: Holmwood to Gomshall via Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood

Kurume Azaleas in Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park: #SWC.261: Norbiton to Hammersmith

Ashwell at Home - for open gardens - #SWC91 Baldock Circular - usually the 2nd Sunday in May - 12 May 2024

Cow Parsley:  #SWC.91: Baldock Circular ;  #cw1.8: Bures to Sudbury 

Jun

Apple Blossom: #cw1.28: Chilham to Canterbury;  #SWC299 - Teynham to Faversham;  #cw1.36: Borough Green to Sevenoaks

Buttercups: #cw1.8: Bures to Sudbury;  #SWC190 - Thame Circular;   #SWC.194 - Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Aylesbury

Oxeye daisies: #cw1.10 Beaconsfield Circular 

Leigh on Sea folk festival ~ late Jun

Poppies: #cw2.22 Amberley to Arundel

Jul

Sandwich folk festival ~ 4 & 5 July

Lavender: Late July - #Short.23 - Banstead to Woodmansterne; #cw1.36: Borough Green to Sevenoaks ; also in Letchworth Garden City

Aug

Pride Parade in Brighton: ~ 1st Sat in Aug

Heather: #cw1.27 Milford to Haslemere

Sep

Heather - and berries, fruits and nuts.

Start of fungi (mushrooms) in woods

Heritage Open Days

Oct

Deer Rut - Bushy Park, Richmond Park

Sussex Bonfires - Oct and Nov.

Late October - early November: autumn leaf colour: #SWC.140 - Wendover Circular via the Lee and Swan Bottom; #c1.45: Princes Risborough to Great Missenden; #cw1.47 Ockley to Warnham

Nov

Brokham Bonfire, Lewes Bonfire, many "smaller" ones in Sussex

Dec

 Christmas Fair: #cw1.7 Garston to St Albans

For a more comprehensive list of SWC walks with flowers, particularly our bluebell walks, please see the Nature Pages / Where to Find Wild Flowers