Ramble 3398. Meet: Wood Street station (Walthamstow) 11:05. Distance: 6 miles. Lunch: Rose & Crown, 31 Mill Lane, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0UG  (GR TQ385894) at 13:15. Travel : Liverpool Street station London Overground 10.48, Hackney Downs 10:55, Walthamstow Central 11:03. Return trains from Chingford station to Liverpool Street station every 20 mins. All within Freedom Pass boundary. Contact : David M. 07929 075 722 on day.  Approximately 3 miles from start to lunch venue and another 3 miles to…

Ramble: 3368 Meet: New Cross station (not New Cross Gate station) 11.15 Distance: 5½ miles  Lunch: Roma Café, 21 Peckham Park Road SE 15 6TR (GR TQ345779) 1.00 p.m. Travel: Frequent trains from London Bridge and Cannon Street, also Overground trains. Contact: Brenda 07731 781283 or Andy 07917 844501  Description: Grand Surrey Canal Part 2. Returning through Fordham Park to Folkestone Gardens, where we left the route of the canal at the end of Part 1, we continue to follow the route…

Ramble 3369. Meet Leytonstone station at 11:30. Distance 8 miles. Lunch: The George, 70 High Road, South Woodford, EssexE18 2QL (GR 402902) at 13:00. Travel: Leytonstone station on the Central Line . Within Freedom Pass area. Contact Marjorie on the day on 07547 232812. Turn left to leave station noticing the Hitchcock movie mosaics on the walls of the exit passage. The 3 mile walk to lunch crosses the Leyton Flats to the southern edge of Epping Forest. The return…

Ramble 3370. Meet: Hanwell station 11.16. Distance: 4.75 miles. Lunch: The Fox, Green Lane, Hanwell W7 2PJ (GR TQ151796) 12.15. Travel: TfL Rail from Paddington Rail station 11.02, Ealing Broadway 11.11. Return from Kew Bridge National Rail station to London Waterloo via Clapham Junction, 16.07, 16.26, 16.41. All within Freedom Pass boundary. Contact: Edward 07522 624888 on day.                            The walk explores part of the River Brent valley, on the west side of London, and incorporates the river, a canal…

Ramble 3371. Meet: Ewell West Station 11.24. Distance 7 miles. Lunch: At 13.00- The William Bourne, Moor Lane, Chessington, KT9 2BQ. (GR TQ193639) (Dropout point after lunch 1km to Chessington North Station) Travel: Waterloo 10.54, Clapham Junction 11.03, Wimbledon 11.10, Ewell West 11.24. (All within Freedom Pass area) Route: Ewell West to Bourne Hall, then London Loop through Hogsmill Nature Reserve.  Take left before Tolworth Court Bridge SW along Thames Down Link to PH.  After lunch continue south to Horton…

Ramble 3372. Meet: Kingston station 11.10. Distance: 6.5 miles. Lunch: The Plough, 42 Christchurch Road, East Sheen SW14 7AF (GR TQ203749) 13.30. Travel: London Waterloo station 10.42, Clapham Junction 10.51, Wimbledon 10.58. Within Freedom Pass boundary. Contact: Rosemary 07486 081775 on day. At Kingston station catch the 85 bus to the start of the walk at Ladderstile Gate. Walk about 3 miles through Richmond Park to East Sheen for lunch. Afterwards on to East Sheen Common and again into Richmond…

Ramble 3373. Meet: Redhill station (Surrey) 10.50. Distance: 6 miles. Lunch: Inn on the Pond, Nutfield Marsh Road, Redhill RH1 4EU (GR TQ 301517) 12.45. Travel: Southern Rail London Victoria 10.09, Clapham Junction 10.15, East Croydon 10.26, Purley 10.33, Coulsdon South 10.38, Merstham 10.44. 6 return trains to London Victoria from Redhill between 16.12 and 17.30, plus regular trains to St Pancras International. Freedom Pass boundary Coulsdon South. Contact: Richard S 07887 556311 and Linda S 07740 876891 on day…

Ramble: 3374. Meet: Gordon Hill station, Enfield at 11.17. Distance:  6.5 miles. Lunch:  The Pied Bull, 5 Bull’s Cross, Enfield EN2 9HE (GR TQ341995) at 13.30. Travel: Great Northern train from Moorgate: 10.40, Highbury & Islington: 10.48, Finsbury Park 10.54 (destination Hertford North) Return: Gordon Hill: 16.30, 16.46, 17.00. Within Freedom Pass boundary. Contact: Linda (07879 335 445) or Tony (07823 557 285) A walk in a rural stretch of Enfield passing through Hillyfields Park to follow the old course…