Walks you can reach from Potters Bar by train
Middlesex · South East England | Walks by foot
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Alexandra Palace Station to Tottenham Hale Station (Middlesex)
8m direct from Potters Bar.
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)
8m direct from Potters Bar.
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)
8m direct from Potters Bar.
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.
Welwyn Garden City Station Circular (Hertfordshire)
15m direct from Potters Bar.
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 Potters Bar.
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 Potters Bar.
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 Potters Bar.
Easy: 1km, moderate ascents. 30m.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Finsbury Park Station to Hampstead Station (Middlesex)
15m direct from Potters Bar.
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 Potters Bar.
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.
Knebworth Station Circular via Graffidge Wood (Hertfordshire)
15m direct from Potters Bar.
19km.
Undulating Hertfordshire countryside, woodland, large open arable fields, quiet lanes, deer park, and pretty villages. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Knebworth Station to Hitchin Station (Hertfordshire)
15m direct from Potters Bar.
19km.
Woodland, open fields, deer park, bluebell woods, small Hertfordshire villages, and historic market town. Inquisitive cattle.
A variant of Knebworth Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hitchin Station Circular (Hertfordshire)
30m direct from Potters Bar.
25km. 6h.
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. Can be hilly.