We have completed three of the fifteen sections of the Capital Ring Walk -19 miles completed, 57 still to go. Over the summer we will be walking the whole route, one section each week on Sundays at 11am, with a different guide each week. Section Four sees Sean Patterson take the baton, with a walk from Crystal Palace Park to Streatham Common. Here are some of the highlights of the walk so far.

The Thames Barrier

Charlton House

Woolwich Common

The Royal Herbert Hospital

Oxleas Wood

Gallipoli Chapel, Holy Trinity Church Eltham

Eltham Palace

King John’s Walk Eltham

The River Ravensbourne

The Pleasure Garden, Beckenham Place Mansion

Beckenham Place mansion

Waterman’s Almshouses, Penge

Giant Elk Sculpture, Crystal Palace park

Join us on the journey – the dates for the rest of the walk are: –

28th April: Crystal Palace to Streatham Common with Sean Patterson – calling at magnificent Norwood Grove Mansion, the Rookery Gardens and Biggin Woods

5th May: Streatham Common to Wimbledon Park with Stephen Benton – passing some impressive architecture such as the mosque-like Streatham Pumping Station, 1930’s Du Cane Court and Tooting Bec Lido

12th May: Wimbledon Park to Richmond Bridge with Tina Baxter and Jack Yeomanson – a beautiful section with miles of parkland crossing Wimbledon Common to Caesar’s Camp and then into Richmond Park with a spectacular and surprising view of London

19th May: Richmond Bridge to Osterley Lock with Jen Pedler – walking along the Thames before crossing the grounds of Syon Park, home of the Duke of Northumberland and then onto the Grand Union Canal

26th May: Osterley Lock to Greenford with Alan Fortune – passing Wharncliffe Viaduct, one of the first structures built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

2nd June: Greenford to Preston Park with Jen Pedler – climbing to two famous viewpoints, Horsenden Hill and Harrow on the Hill where it passes the famous school

9th June: Preston Park to Hendon with Chris Firmin – taking in two beautiful oasis – Fryent Country Park and Welsh Harp Reservoir, as well as some interesting 20th century housing

16th June: Hendon Park to Highgate  with Marilyn Greene – visiting Hendon Park and the River Brent, parkland along the side of Hampstead Garden Suburb and finishing in three woods that formed the ancient forest of Middlesex

23rd June: Highgate to Stoke Newington with Anthony Davis – taking in abandoned railway line and overgrown Victorian cemetery

30th June: Stoke Newington to Hackney Wick with Sue McCarthy – visiting Springfield Park and walking beside the River Lea, which is full of industrial history.

7th July: Hackney Wick to Beckton with Jenni Bowley – Passing by the Olympic Park and London Stadium, and the beautiful building at Abbey Mills that is known as the Cathedral of Sewage!

14th July: Beckton to North Woolwich with Neil Sinclair – complete the journey with a walk beside the vast Royal Albert Dock before reaching the Thames by the Woolwich Ferry where you can give yourself a well deserved pat on the back!