Walks you can reach from Queenstown Road by train

Through South London's best parks to the Thames; Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park, Ham House, Teddington Lock.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Ham House and Garden (National Trust)

Wimbledon Windmill: An 1817 windmill on Wimbledon Common, now a small museum.

Richmond Park: A vast royal park home to herds of red and fallow deer.

Ham House: A grand 17th-century house and gardens beside the Thames at Ham.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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

Suburban streets, open common, landscaped park, woodland riverside path, Royal Park grassland, suburban roads and riverside Thames path.

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

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Flat riverside pavement, converted Victorian wharves, residential riverside developments, industrial heritage and pocket parks.

Source: A shorter variant of Westminster to Greenwich via the south bank (Saturday Walkers Club).

Village green, Thames riverfront, historic riverside houses, landscape garden, modern riverside developments, riverside park and palace grounds.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney (Saturday Walkers Club).

Suburban streets, riverside brookside paths, commons, parkland and Thames-side esplanade.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: An alternative variant of Beverley Brook (Saturday Walkers Club).

Suburban streets, open common, landscaped park, woodland riverside path, Royal Park grassland, suburban roads and Thames riverbank.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Wimbledon to Putney (Saturday Walkers Club).

Tree-lined residential streets, large deer park, woodland garden, open grassland and riverside common.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney (Saturday Walkers Club).

Parkland, commons, brookside paths and wet woodland.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Beverley Brook (Saturday Walkers Club).

Deer park, woodland garden, open grassland, riverside common, village green, Thames riverfront and suburban streets.

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

Source: A shorter variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney (Saturday Walkers Club).

Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Kew Bridge Station.

Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).

Common heathland, woodland, royal deer park and Thames riverside path northward to Kew.

Source: An alternative variant of Wimbledon to Kingston (Saturday Walkers Club).

Canal towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Brentford Station.

Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).