Walks you can reach from Finsbury Park by train
Middlesex · South East England
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East Croydon to Oxted (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
First stage of the Vanguard Way, from suburban East Croydon out through Selsdon Wood and the North Downs to Oxted.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Box Hill & Westhumble to Merstham (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Finsbury Park.
North Downs ridge, wooded escarpment, open hilltops, undulating ridge paths, rural farmland, parkland and golf course.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Hilly, multiple ascents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Welwyn Circular via Ayot St Lawrence (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Rolling Hertfordshire countryside, landscaped parkland, arable fields, picturesque village and Gothic church ruin.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hitchin Circular via Pegsdon Hills (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Chilterns chalk ridge, farm tracks, field boundaries, grassy lanes, woods, steep chalk downland, flat-bottomed valleys, alder and willow fen woodland, chalk river and historic market town.
Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can be hilly.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Baldock Circular via Wallington Church (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Vast flat Hertfordshire arable farmland, open field edges, big skies, gentle hills, small historic villages and patches of woodland.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Coulsdon Circular via Happy Valley (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Happy Valley chalk grassland known for rare orchids and butterflies, woodland trails and part of the London LOOP.
Happy Valley: Scenic dry chalk valley rich in wildflowers and butterflies.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).
Merstham Circular via Shabden Park (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Finsbury Park.
Chalk grassland, rolling farmland and woodland through Shabden Park Farm, with sweeping views of the North Downs.
Shabden Park: A farm and parkland on the North Downs noted for wildflowers and butterflies.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).
Huntingdon Circular via Portholme Meadow (Huntingdonshire)
1 hour direct from Finsbury Park.
Flat riverside paths, water meadows, farmland tracks, tarmac lanes, nature reserve and market town streets.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Prone to flooding.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Three Bridges Circular via Worth Abbey (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Finsbury Park.
Gently undulating High Weald woodland of Worth Forest, past an abbey monastery and managed forest park; bluebells and fungi in season.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill Circular via Quarry Hanger Nature Reserve (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Finsbury Park.
Nature reserves, wetland lakes, restored sand quarries, Greensand Ridge, farm fields, wooded commons, suburban streets and pedestrianised town centre.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Alexandra Palace to Tottenham Hale (Middlesex)
4 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Urban north London, disused railway trackbed nature reserve, ancient woodland, reservoir wetlands, residential streets, riverside path and open parkland.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cuffley to Ware (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
Woodland, waterways and pre-history, through Broxbourne Woods and Celtic Harmony Camp to the River Lee at Ware.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Celtic Harmony Camp: A reconstructed Stone Age and Iron Age village offering a free weekend visitor experience.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).