Walks you can reach from Wandsworth Common by train

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).