Stations as far as Oxford, Kemble, Chippenham and Pewsey fall within the journey time limit.
Routes
Capital Ring
Length >60km
Max transport gap <10km
This waymarked route forms a circuit of 126km (divisible into linear routes) around London at the approximate radius of the North and South Circular Roads, linking green spaces.
Image: Abney Park cemetery
Chiltern Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
The core walk loops its way through the varied landscapes of the Chiltern Hills in a 221km circuit. The route has spawned three extensions — in Berkshire (via Cookham and Henley: 45km), in the south (via Goring and Woodcote: 51km), and in the north (via Great Offley and Chapelfoot: 44km).
Image: Sarratt
Coal Tax Circuit
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 315km walk which links up the markers which delineate the 1860s boundary, within which imports of coal and wine were taxed by the City of London Corporation.
Image: Coal Tax marker on the Slough arm of the Grand Union Canal
Colne Valley Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 25km between Rickmansworth and Colnbrook.
Image: Heron on the route between Rickmansworth and Harefield.
Get out of London: west to Maidenhead
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 61km walk from Trafalgar Square to Maidenhead via Ravenscourt Park and Stoke Poges.
Image: Gunnersbury Park
Grand Union Canal Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 227km walk along the towpath of the canal between the River Thames at Brentford and Birmingham’s famous Gas Street Basin.
Image: Norwood Green
Hillingdon Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 32km waymarked path across the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Image: Harefield church on ANZAC Day
Kennet and Avon Canal Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 157km along the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Reading and Bath.
London Loop
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 277km circuit of the capital which follows close to the outer boundaries of the London boroughs, sometimes extending into neighbouring areas.
Image: Ingrebourne Valley Country Park
London Summits Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 320km circuit taking in the highest point in each London borough (plus the summit of the City of London).
Image: Trent Park
Oxford Canal Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 129km between Oxford and Hawkesbury Junction, on the north-eastern tip of Coventry.
Image: Braunston Junction, where the Oxford Canal (right) meets the Grand Union Canal
Oxfordshire Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 109km between Bourton-on-the-Water and Henley-on-Thames.
Regent’s Canal Walk
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 14km walk along the towpath (with necessary diversions via streets to negotiate tunnels) between Little Venice and Limehouse.
Image: East portal of Islington tunnel
The Ridgeway
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 136km between Overton Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon.
Image: Goring Bridge, crossed by the route
Ring around the Underground
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
This 302km route takes you in a grand circular multiple-stage walking tour connecting all the outer termini of the London Underground, the Tube.
Image: Uxbridge High Street
Shakespeare’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 288km walk between Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in Southwark, commemorating the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright.
Image: First Folio, engraving by Martin Droeshout
(public domain)
Thames Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 440km between Greenwich and the river’s source.
Image: Whitchurch from the bridge
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