Stations as far as Wadhurst, Canterbury, Dover and Faversham (the last three by high-speed trains from St Pancras) 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
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
Eden Valley Walk
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 24km route through the Eden valley in Kent between Tonbridge and Edenbridge.
Get out of London:
East to Gravesend
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 52km route from Trafalgar Square to Gravesend via Greenwich and Joyden’s Wood.
Image: Salter memorial, Southwark
Get out of London:
South-east to Sevenoaks
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 51km walk from Trafalgar Square to Sevenoaks via Chislehurst and either Knockholt Pound or Otford.
Image: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak Park
Greensand Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 179km walk along the Greensand ridge between Haslemere and Hamstreet.
High Weald Landscape Trail
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 153km between Horsham and Rye, traversing the High Weald.
Image: Millstream, Mott’s Mill
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
Medway Valley Walk
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 45km walk between Tonbridge and Rochester, following the course of the River Medway.
North Downs Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 201km between Farnham and Dover.
Image: Kit’s Coty House
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
Royal Military Canal Path
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 45km walk alongside the Royal Military Canal between Hythe and Rye.
Saxon Shore Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 258km waymarked walk along the Saxon-era shoreline of Kent (that is to say, when Thanet was still an island) between Gravesend and Hastings.
Image: light vessel berthed at Gravesend
Stour Valley Way (Kent)
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 93km walk between Lenham and Pegswell Bay, following the River Stour through Kent.
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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