Walks you can reach from Tooting by train
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Wimbledon Circular via Wimbledon Common (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Urban streets, open common, wooded paths, golf fairways, parkland and quiet roads.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Putney (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Suburban streets, open common, landscaped park, woodland riverside path, Royal Park grassland, suburban roads and riverside Thames path.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Kingston (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Common heathland, woodland, royal deer park, formal gardens, Thames riverside path and open grassland.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Streatham to East Dulwich (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
South London green-chain walk from Streatham's Rookery through Dulwich Woods, Horniman Gardens and Nunhead Cemetery to East Dulwich.
Time: 3h–6h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Streatham to Honor Oak Park (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
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).
Elstree & Borehamwood to Potters Bar (Hertfordshire)
1 hour direct from Tooting.
A fairly direct route making the most of wooded footpaths and quieter streets at both ends, with field boundaries, a golf-course edge and a track under the M25. There is around a mile to a mile and a half alongside the noisy A1 and plus a stretch of road without a verge; a few muddy patches and a tunnel under the motorway that may flood. Follows part of Cycle Network 12; South Mimms services, passed en route, has all facilities and picnic benches for a break. Passes Elstree Studios.
Time: 3h–6h30
Lunch: South Mimms services, passed en route, has all facilities.
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. About a mile and a half is spent alongside the noisy A1 (on a safe cycle path), and there is a half-mile stretch of road with no verge; the tunnel under the M25 may flood occasionally.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Wimbledon to Barnes Bridge (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Suburban streets, open common, landscaped park, woodland riverside path, Royal Park grassland, suburban roads and Thames riverbank.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Wimbledon to Putney – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Twickenham (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Common heathland, woodland, royal deer park, Thames riverside path, Palladian riverside park and Italianate gardens.
Source: An alternative variant of Wimbledon to Kingston – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Kew Bridge (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
Common heathland, woodland, royal deer park and Thames riverside path northward to Kew.
Source: An alternative variant of Wimbledon to Kingston – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).