Walks you can reach from Brentwood by train
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Ealing Broadway Circular via Osterley Park (Middlesex)
1 hour direct from Brentwood.
Urban green spaces, canal towpath, river Thames towpath, parks, gardens and suburban streets.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Manor Park to Epping (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Brentwood.
Ancient woodland, open flats, commons, forest rides, gravel tracks, residential roads and meadows.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Romford to West Horndon (Essex)
15 minutes direct from Brentwood.
A mix of countryside and urban paths through woods, fields and a burial ground, with residential streets, a stretch of the London Loop and some rough, rocky and rooty ground. Several field paths are pathless or badly overgrown, with one stretch effectively impassable. Stiles and steps to bridges and a steep gradient near Avon Road.
Time: 4h–8h
1 end-of-walk reward: the Railway
Warnings: Both ends are blocked as plotted: a locked alleyway at the Romford start (detour via the main road and crossings) and fencing around the West Horndon industrial estate (a gate to the left gives access). Warley Street is narrow, very busy and has no verge. Field crossings can be pathless and some sections so overgrown as to be impassable. Stiles, steps and a steep gradient near Avon Road.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Manor Park to Buckhurst Hill (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Brentwood.
Open flats, commons, woodland, forest rides and gravel tracks.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Manor Park to Epping – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Manor Park to Chingford (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Brentwood.
Open flats, commons, woodland, forest rides and gravel tracks.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Manor Park to Epping – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ealing Broadway to Brentford (Middlesex)
1 hour direct from Brentwood.
Canal towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Brentford Station.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ealing Broadway to Richmond (Middlesex)
1 hour direct from Brentwood.
Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Richmond via Old Deer Park.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ealing Broadway to Kew Bridge (Middlesex)
1 hour direct from Brentwood.
Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Kew Bridge Station.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ealing Broadway to Kew Gardens (Middlesex)
1 hour direct from Brentwood.
Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Kew Gardens station.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).