If you are looking for inspiration for new walks to go on in 2025, the new, thoroughly updated second edition of Bradt’s Freedom Pass London brings to life the UK capital through 25 carefully curated walks that reveal historical landmarks, wildlife hotspots and quiet corners with fascinating pasts. As the title suggests, this travel guidebook is designed for the 1 million people who can enjoy free travel in central and Greater London thanks to the Freedom Pass, but its focus on walking destinations accessible by public transport makes it a must for anyone living in or visiting London.
One of London’s unexpected glories is the way that the city meets countryside, not just in the surprisingly rural Green Belt, but also in the ‘villagey’ corners of suburbs, along urban rivers and amid the city’s commons, parks and woodlands. The area featured extends from Amersham, northwest of London, to Epping in the northeast, Orpington in the southeast and Epsom in the southwest. Whether you are a city-dweller keen to explore parts of Essex, Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, or you live in suburbs and fancy visiting central London, Freedom Pass London proposes special itineraries for you.
THE WALKS:
1. DARWIN’S DOWNE (KENT, DOWNE)
2. BOX HILL (NEAR DORKING, CIRCULAR)
3. HEARTWOOD FOREST (NEAR ST ALBANS, CIRCULAR)
4. GRAND UNION CANAL (WATFORD TO KINGS LANGLEY)
5. BANSTEAD WOODS (NEAR CHIPSTEAD, CIRCULAR)
6. RIVER FLEET (HAMPSTEAD TO BLACKFRIARS)
7. EPPING FOREST (CHINGFORD TO LOUGHTON)
8. GRAND UNION CANAL (CROXLEY TO BUSHEY)
9. LESNES ABBEY WOOD (ABBEY WOOD TO BELVEDERE)
10. EPSOM DOWNS (CIRCULAR)
11. NORTH DOWNS (COULSDON SOUTH, CIRCULAR)
12. RIVER THAMES (TILBURY RIVERSIDE TERMINAL TO COALHOUSE FORT PARK)
13. RIVER WANDLE (COLLIERS WOOD TO CROYDON)
14. RIVER THAMES (STAINES TO CHERTSEY)
15. RIVER LEA (TOTTENHAM TO WALTHAM ABBEY)
16. ALDENHAM COUNTRY PARK (ELSTREE, CIRCULAR)
17. TRENT COUNTRY PARK (COCKFOSTERS TO OAKWOOD)
18. RIVER MISBOURNE (AMERSHAM TO LITTLE MISSENDEN)
19. RIVER DARENT (SWANLEY TO DARTFORD)
20.BEVERLEY BROOK (NEW MALDEN TO PUTNEY)
21. RIVER COLNE (LONDON COLNEY, CIRCULAR)
22.CHESSINGTON (CIRCULAR)
23.LITERARY LONDON (LONDON BRIDGE TO BLOOMSBURY) 24.INSPIRING WOMEN (CHARING CROSS TO BLOOMSBURY)
25.KARL MARX TOUR (LEICESTER SQUARE TO HIGHGATE) 26.RIVER THAMES, WEST OF LONDON (BERKSHIRE/ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MAIDENHEAD TO TAPLOW)
