Walks you can reach from Imperial Wharf by train

South London green-chain walk from Streatham's Rookery through Dulwich Woods, Horniman Gardens and Nunhead Cemetery to East Dulwich.

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

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

Walk through surviving fragments of the ancient Great North Wood, from Streatham Common via Crystal Palace Park to One Tree Hill.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

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

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

Way-marked trail through the Ver and Colne Valleys and linking all seven Abbey Line stations — can be done end-to-end or as individual sections with a train hop back.

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

Warnings: Sections can become waterlogged after heavy rain, sometimes without obvious alternative routes.

Walk details: the Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Recommended: Great views of the City. An exceptionally green urban route, almost entirely through parks and open spaces — Alexandra Park, the Parkland Walk with great city views, Highgate Wood and Hampstead Heath — with only short residential-street sections. Excellent paths with lots of shade.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

2 Willow Road (National Trust)

The Hampstead Heath: A sprawling ancient heath above London with bathing ponds and Parliament Hill views.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A fifth urban.

Walk details: Slow Ways.