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: 5h30–11h
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.
Warnings: Hilly, multiple ascents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
London Bridge Circular (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Finsbury Park.
A walk through London's history around the square mile, past the Tower of London, St Paul's Cathedral and the Guildhall.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Two thirds urban. Several sets of steps, cobbled streets and narrow alleys.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Welwyn Garden City 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.
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: 6h
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: 5h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Coulsdon South 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.
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.
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: 4h
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.
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: 5h
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: 3h30
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).