Walks you can reach from Battersea Park by train
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Crystal Palace to Forest Hill (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
Suburban parks, ancient woodland, leafy avenues, Victorian gardens and urban pavements.
Time: 3h30
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Carshalton Beeches to Kingswood (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
Out of the suburbs and up the North Downs; Mayfield Lavender fields, ancient Banstead Woods, rolling commons.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Mayfield Lavender Farm: A lavender field on the North Downs near Banstead, open to walkers.
Banstead Woods: Ancient woodland and former medieval deer park near Chipstead.
Time: 3h–6h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Streatham to Honor Oak Park (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
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: 3h–6h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Dalston Junction to Walthamstow Central (Middlesex)
45 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
Recommended: An accessible East London route mostly through green spaces and back roads, along the River Lee and past the marshes and with some rough ground beside the river. There are steep ramps over footbridges and a low bridge (about 1.5m) to duck under near Coppermill Lane.
Walthamstow Marshes: One of the last remaining floodplain marshlands in London, home to over 400 plant and animal species.
Time: 2h–4h30
Lunch: Plenty of refreshment stops at either end and in Clapton Village.
Warnings: A third urban. A low bridge (around 1.5m) at the marshes end of Coppermill Lane means many walkers will need to stoop.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Waddon to Colliers Wood (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
Flat urban riverside parks, Wandle Trail, small ornamental ponds, residential streets and south London green corridors.
Time: 3h
Source: An alternative variant of Mitcham Junction to Colliers Wood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Waddon to Morden (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Battersea Park.
Flat urban riverside parks, Wandle Trail, small ornamental ponds, residential streets and south London green corridors.
Source: An alternative variant of Mitcham Junction to Colliers Wood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Merstham to Epsom Downs (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Battersea Park.
North Downs ridge, parkland, open heathland, racecourse downland and quiet residential street to Epsom Downs station.
Warnings: Race days restrict access.
Source: A variant of Merstham to Tattenham Corner – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tattenham Corner to Epsom Downs (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Battersea Park.
Downland, racecourse gallops, WWI memorial woodland and wildflower meadows, heathland, golf course and residential streets.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A variant of Tattenham Corner Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).