Walks you can reach from Peckham Rye by train
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Eynsford Circular via Otford (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Highly recommended: Secluded valleys, chalk downland ridges, ancient woodland, golf course, chalk grassland nature reserves, riverside paths and farmland.
Shoreham (45m in)
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
3 lunch spots: Shoreham (1h30 in) — the Samuel Palmer (Plenty of seating, including outdoors; excellent), the Honey Pot, or the Kings Arms
3 end-of-walk rewards: the Castle Hotel, the Five Bells, or the Malt Shovel
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Farningham Road to Eynsford (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Linear middle Darent Valley Path beside the tranquil River Darent, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford Castle and valley views.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Otford to Eynsford (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
River valley, open fields, orchards, beech woods, golf course, ridge path and historic villages.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Kent Downs National Landscape.
Swanley to Eynsford (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Linear walk into the Darent Valley countryside, with breathtaking views, Lullingstone Roman Villa, the Eynsford Viaduct and the village's humpback bridge and ford.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Dartford Circular via Dartford Marshes (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Circular around Dartford Marshes beside the meandering River Darent towards the Thames, with wading birds and the ruins of the Wells fireworks factory.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Shoreham Circular via Otford (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Darent Valley circular around the riverside villages of Shoreham and Otford, with panoramic valley views, Polhill Bank Nature Reserve and a section of the Darent Valley Path.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Streatham to East Dulwich (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
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).
Blackheath to Canary Wharf (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Leafy Georgian avenues, open heath, parkland, Royal Observatory hill, riverside Thames Path, Docklands waterfront and financial district.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Streatham to Honor Oak Park (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
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).
Blackheath to Deptford (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Urban London, genteel residential streets, Georgian and Victorian estates, large open heathland, well-kept parks, river valleys, Victorian cemeteries and green hilltops with panoramic city views.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Crystal Palace to Forest Hill (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Suburban parks, ancient woodland, leafy avenues, Victorian gardens and urban pavements.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Dartford to Greenhithe (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Peckham Rye.
Flat riverside paths, flood defences, marshland, industrial edge-land and wide Thames estuary views.
Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk. Flood risk — check warnings.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).