Walks you can reach from Wandsworth Town by train
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Teddington Circular (Middlesex)
30 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Flat South West London parks loop through Bushy Park, Hampton Court Park and Richmond Park, with deer and Thames Path stretches.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Chertsey to Weybridge (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Wandsworth Town.
Waterways, a foot ferry and D'Oyly Carte Island, past Dumsey Meadow, the Thames Path and the Wey Navigation.
Waterway: three quarters beside rivers and canals.
Dumsey Meadow: A rare surviving Thames-side water meadow with open access for wild swimming.
D'Oyly Carte Island: A small Thames island that was the home of Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte.
Time: 3h–6h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Wimbledon to Putney (Surrey)
2 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
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).
Woking to Addlestone (Surrey)
1 hour direct from Wandsworth Town.
Recommended: A really easy-to-follow and direct and pleasant route making the most of the Basingstoke Canal and Wey Navigation towpaths. The first section out of Woking is mostly paved; the stretch along the Wey is rougher ground and can be muddy in places after rain. A gradual rise as the locks raise the canal level; away from traffic and mostly quiet. Follows the Basingstoke Canal and Wey Navigation towpaths.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Basingstoke Canal.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
Lunch: There are no refreshments along the way, but it is not a long route.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Barnes to Putney Bridge (Surrey)
6 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Village green, Thames riverfront, historic riverside houses, landscape garden, modern riverside developments, riverside park and palace grounds.
Source: A variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Stoneleigh to Putney (Surrey)
2 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Suburban streets, riverside brookside paths, commons, parkland and Thames-side esplanade.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Beverley Brook – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
New Malden to Barnes (Surrey)
6 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Parkland, commons, brookside paths and wet woodland.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Beverley Brook – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Barnes Bridge (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
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).
Norbiton to Barnes Bridge (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Tree-lined residential streets, large deer park, woodland garden, open grassland and riverside common.
Source: A variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Norbiton to Chiswick (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Deer park, woodland garden, open grassland, riverside common, village green, Thames riverfront and suburban streets.
Time: 3h
Source: A shorter variant of Norbiton to Hammersmith or Putney – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ealing Broadway to Kew Bridge (Middlesex)
15 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
Canal towpath, river Thames towpath, urban parks and suburban streets ending at Kew Bridge Station.
Source: A shorter variant of Ealing Broadway Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wimbledon to Kew Bridge (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Wandsworth Town.
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).