With more than 100 route suggestions, there's a walk - or amble, or hike - in here to suit every persuasion. Whether you're looking for a gentle amble with child-friendly distraction en route, or a riverside pub crawl, or an architecture-based Sunday stroll, you'll find the answer here. The walks cover the whole of the Greater London area, with some routes running from London into the countryside. All the walks are easy to follow, and come with cafe, pub and restaurant refuelling suggestions. There are maps and colour photographs throughout. Snapshots: Walk the Regent's Canal - the walk from Paddington to Limehouse Basin is 8 miles, but it can be easily divided into very short stretches. There are ice-cream and coffee stops along the way, with canal boats, London Zoo and Regent's Park as further diversions. Three East End Parks - a walk leading through Victoria Park, the linear Mile End and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (now a nature reserve with a numbered trail).
You can see modern architecture in the City within a very short distance there's an array of exciting buildings to be seen, from the unmissable 30 St Mary Axe, aka the gherkin (Norman Foster, 2004), to the lesser-known Daiwa Building (Richard Rogers, 1999). You can explore Burnham Beeches - a walk in ancient woods close to London, where self-guided trails range from the 1-mile Downy Emerald Trail to the 5-mile Historical Trail.
- ISBN10 1846701899
- ISBN13 9781846701894
- Publish Date 7 April 2011
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Crimson Publishing
- Imprint Time Out Group Ltd
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English