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: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
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: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
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: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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 (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Tooting.
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).
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 (Saturday Walkers Club).
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 (Saturday Walkers Club).
Central London to Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (Middlesex)
30 minutes direct from Tooting.
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).