Walks you can reach from Hounslow by train

Loop from Egham through Windsor Great Park and the Long Walk to the Magna Carta memorials at Runnymede.

Runnymede and Ankerwycke (National Trust; 1h in)

The Windsor Great Park: A vast royal deer park south of Windsor Castle, crossed by the Long Walk.

Runnymede: The Thames-side meadow where King John sealed the Magna Carta in 1215.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

River path, urban suburbs, new housing estates, tranquil pastures, ancient woodland and mud-prone bridleway.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Through South London's best parks to the Thames; Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park, Ham House, Teddington Lock.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Ham House and Garden (National Trust)

Wimbledon Windmill: An 1817 windmill on Wimbledon Common, now a small museum.

Richmond Park: A vast royal park home to herds of red and fallow deer.

Ham House: A grand 17th-century house and gardens beside the Thames at Ham.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Waterways, a foot ferry and D'Oyly Carte Island, past Dumsey Meadow, the Thames Path and the Wey Navigation.

Waterway: three quarters beside rivers and canals.

Dumsey Meadow: A rare surviving Thames-side water meadow with open access for wild swimming.

D'Oyly Carte Island: A small Thames island that was the home of Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Flat urban start, parkland, deer park, historic royal landscape, ornamental gardens and lake.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Suburban streets, open common, landscaped park, woodland riverside path, Royal Park grassland, suburban roads and riverside Thames path.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Recommended: A really easy-to-follow and direct and pleasant route making the most of the Basingstoke Canal and Wey Navigation towpaths. The first section out of Woking is mostly paved; the stretch along the Wey is rougher ground and can be muddy in places after rain. A gradual rise as the locks raise the canal level; away from traffic and mostly quiet. Follows the Basingstoke Canal and Wey Navigation towpaths.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Basingstoke Canal.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: There are no refreshments along the way, but it is not a long route.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Long walk.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Windsor Castle

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Flat parkland, deer park, historic royal landscape, ornamental gardens and lake.

Source: An alternative variant of Slough to Egham via Windsor Great Park (Saturday Walkers Club).

Village green, Thames riverfront, historic riverside houses, landscape garden, modern riverside developments, riverside park and palace grounds.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney (Saturday Walkers Club).

Flat riverside pavement, converted Victorian wharves, residential riverside developments, industrial heritage and pocket parks.

Source: A shorter variant of Westminster to Greenwich via the south bank (Saturday Walkers Club).

Canal towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Brentford Station.

Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).