Walks you can reach from Wood Street by train
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Kings Cross to Liverpool Street (Middlesex)
15 minutes direct from Wood Street.
Entirely flat, urban city-centre streets, royal parks, riverside Thames path, canal towpath and historic financial district.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Dalston Junction to Walthamstow Central (Middlesex)
2 minutes direct from Wood Street.
Recommended: An accessible East London route mostly through green spaces and back roads, along the River Lee and past the marshes and with some rough ground beside the river. There are steep ramps over footbridges and a low bridge (about 1.5m) to duck under near Coppermill Lane.
Walthamstow Marshes: One of the last remaining floodplain marshlands in London, home to over 400 plant and animal species.
Time: 2h–4h30
Lunch: Plenty of refreshment stops at either end and in Clapton Village.
Warnings: A third urban. A low bridge (around 1.5m) at the marshes end of Coppermill Lane means many walkers will need to stoop.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Chingford to Epping (Essex)
9 minutes direct from Wood Street.
Ancient woodland, forest rides, gravel tracks and meadows.
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)
9 minutes direct from Wood Street.
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).
Leytonstone to Chingford (Essex)
9 minutes direct from Wood Street.
Open woodland, earth tracks, grassy paths, ponds and gentle slopes.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Leytonstone to Loughton – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).