Walks you can reach from Hadley Wood by train
Middlesex · South East England
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Potters Bar Station Circular via Gobions Wood (Middlesex)
3m direct from Hadley Wood.
Easy: 8km, gentle ascents. 2h30–4h.
Gobions Wood is absolutely beautiful. The rest of walk takes you through unremarkable but quiet fields.
Highlights: Gobion's Wood.
Lunch: Nowhere to eat en route — pack lunch!
Alexandra Palace Station to Tottenham Hale Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
15km. 3h30.
Urban north London, disused railway trackbed nature reserve, ancient woodland, reservoir wetlands, residential streets, riverside path, and open parkland.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Alexandra Palace Station to Manor House Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
11km. 2h30.
Disused railway trackbed nature reserve, ancient woodland, reservoir circuit, and residential streets.
A shorter variant of Alexandra Palace to Tottenham Hale – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Alexandra Palace Station to Finsbury Park Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
8km.
Disused railway trackbed nature reserve, ancient woodland, and urban park.
A variant of Alexandra Palace to Tottenham Hale – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Harringay Green Lanes Station to Harringay Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
Tough: steep ascents. 0km. 0m.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Welwyn Garden City Station Circular (Hertfordshire)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
18km.
Rolling Hertfordshire countryside, landscaped parkland, arable fields, picturesque village, and Gothic church ruin.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Knebworth Station to Welwyn Garden City Station (Hertfordshire)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
21km.
Gently undulating woodland, open fields, deer park, golf course, nature reserve, and formal garden city streets. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Finsbury Park Station to Harringay Green Lanes Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
Field and woodland paths.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Drayton Park Station to Finsbury Park Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Finsbury Park Station to Hampstead Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
19km. 5h.
Disused railway trackbed nature reserve, urban green spaces, woods, heathland, parkland, ponds, garden suburb streets, and panoramic hilltops. Can be muddy.
A longer variant of Highgate to Hampstead – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Finsbury Park Station to Tottenham Hale Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Hadley Wood.
8km.
Urban park, reservoir wetlands, residential streets, riverside path, and open marshland.
A variant of Alexandra Palace to Tottenham Hale – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Highbury & Islington Station to Drayton Park Station (Middlesex)
30m direct from Hadley Wood.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
Field paths.