Walks you can reach from South Acton by train
Middlesex · South East England
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Hampstead Heath to Wood Green (Middlesex)
30 minutes direct from South Acton.
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: Innovative and influential Modernist home from 1939 (National Trust; 1h to visit).
The Hampstead Heath: A sprawling ancient heath above London with bathing ponds and Parliament Hill views.
Warnings: A fifth urban.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Ealing Broadway to Kew Gardens (Middlesex)
6 minutes direct from South Acton.
Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Kew Gardens station.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).