Walks from Greenhithe
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Greenhithe Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Greenhithe by train.
Dartford to Greenhithe
Flat riverside paths, flood defences, marshland, industrial edge-land and wide Thames estuary views.
Time: 1h30–3h
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk. Flood risk — check warnings.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Greenhithe to Longfield
A reworked route: the first third is pavement, sometimes residential but mostly the fast multi-lane B255; from Bean onwards it is mostly off-road, with very lovely sections across rolling chalk hills used for sheep and arable, scattered woodlands, field footpaths. Steep slopes, stairs, kissing gates but no stiles; limited mud and with one uneven path near Bean hiding animal holes. Detours through Beacon Woods Country Park to decompress after the B255, with a long flight of earth and plank steps to leave. Follows field footpaths through rolling chalk countryside. Buses are infrequent with none on Sundays.
Time: 2h30–5h30
Lunch: A pub, shop and bus stop at Bean; a McDonald's and Asda at Greenhithe; cafes, a pub and bakery at Longfield.
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk. The first third runs along the dreary, fast, multi-lane B255. A short permissive path on a bank beside Hook Green Road, and a 200m section with no pavement, though it felt safe with good sightlines.
Walk details: Slow Ways.