Walks you can reach from Cannon Street by train
Middlesex · South East England
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Petts Wood Circular via Scadbury Moated Manor (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Cannon Street.
Suburban woodlands, wide woodland tracks, heathland, valleys, moated manor ruins and open green spaces.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Blackheath to Canary Wharf (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Cannon Street.
Leafy Georgian avenues, open heath, parkland, Royal Observatory hill, riverside Thames Path, Docklands waterfront and financial district.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Blackheath to Deptford (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Cannon Street.
Urban London, genteel residential streets, Georgian and Victorian estates, large open heathland, well-kept parks, river valleys, Victorian cemeteries and green hilltops with panoramic city views.
Time: 5h
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Dartford to Greenhithe (Kent)
1 hour direct from Cannon Street.
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 (Kent)
1 hour direct from Cannon Street.
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.
Maze Hill to Canary Wharf (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Cannon Street.
Greenwich Park, Royal Observatory hill, riverside Thames Path, eastern Isle of Dogs riverside path and Docklands waterfront.
Time: 2h30
Source: An alternative variant of Blackheath to Canary Wharf – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).