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KESTON COMMON & DOWN HOUSE
Group: Inner London Area
Date: Saturday 29 May 2010
Start gridref: TQ400661
Nearest town: Hayes
Start time: 1:30pm
Grade: Leisurely
Distance: 5 miles
Longer description: SATURDAY STROLL
Start: 13:30 Hayes (Kent) station (Zone 6, 12:47 from Charing Cross)
Finish: Downe (for bus to Bromley stations)
SATURDAY STROLLS
The Inner London Area organises a series of short (five to six miles) walks at the weekends aimed at new walkers and those who prefer slow and gentle walks. These take place on paths and open spaces in and around London.
These walks are open to the public and take place mainly on alternate Saturday afternoons. All start and finish points are within London Travelcard zones. Just turn up to any walk that interests you.
Each stroll lasts about 3 to 4 hours and includes a refreshment break where possible.
Contact name: Les Douglas
Contact phone: 020 8809 2338
Contact email: dougramb@yahoo.co.uk
* This is a car-free walk
sunrise 05:02
sunset 20:52
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Welcome to the Inner London Area Ramblers.
In our area are seven walking groups - Hammersmith Fulham and Wandsworth, Westminster Chelsea and Kensington, Southbank, Blackheath, North east London, Hampstead and the Metropolitan Walkers.
Although London may not seem like an obvious location for walkers, there are over 5,000 Ramblers members living here, making Inner London one of the most populous areas for walkers to live in the UK.
The Thames Path, which runs through our Area, is the most walked path in the country!
As well as walking in our own area, including in the very heart of London, we also enjoy excursions in much of South East England, with groups regularly making trips to the Chilterns, South Downs, South Coast, Kent, Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, as well as further afield.
Almost all the walks put on by the groups are accessible by public transport, be it mainline train or tube.
The walks range in length from 2 to 20 miles, with most averaging around 8 to 10 miles. They mainly take place at weekends, when there are usually at least a dozen walks to chose from across the Area's groups.
Some groups also organise evening strolls, and the Inner London Area itself puts on fortnightly strolls on Saturdays throughout the year and regular canal walks on summer evenings.
You are very welcome to attend our walks. Further information on our groups and a list of their next few walks are listed below.
General Note
Most walks listed here are intended primarily for Ramblers' Association members. Non-members are welcome to join us as guests on two or three walks, though if you walk with a group regularly you will be expected to join the Ramblers.
Please make sure that you are fit enough to undertake the walk you intend to join. If you're unsure of your fitness level, try a short and easy walk first: it's much better to find a walk a little too slow and easy than to make yourself miserable and exhausted.
Most Ramblers' walks are off-road in rural areas. Please have suitable footwear and clothing for the walk you intend to join, and bring some food and drink, even if the walk includes a pub or café break. Leaders may refuse to accept participants who in their opinion are inadequately equipped or unfit. When in doubt, contact the organisers or the walk leader in advance.
For your own and others' safety please read and abide by any advice and guidelines issued by the organisers, and the instructions of the walk leader. Though walking is inherently one of the safest outdoor activities, no activity is completely without risk and it is your responsibility to behave sensibly and to minimise the potential for accidents to occur.