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Category Archives: Walks
Inside Croydon’s generous readers amble to help Garwood
Inside Croydon’s autumn amble from Whyteleafe to Coulsdon Common, via Kenley airfield, raised £80 in donations for local charity Garwood Foundation. Nearly 20 loyal readers and hardy ramblers applied to take part in the walk, led by Ken Towl and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Charity, Community associations, Education, Garwood Foundation, Schools, South Croydon, Walks
Tagged Addiscombe, Bramley Hill, Croydon, Dr Ross White, Garwood Foundation, Inside Croydon, Jean Garwood, Jean Garwood House, Melville Avenue, Rutherford School, South Croydon
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Get stars in your eyes on our next Croydon ramble, Nov 17
For our next Inside Croydon guided walk, we are returning to a route first checked out by KEN TOWL seven years ago – a short, sociable autumn stroll up a hill and through the woods and meadows passing Kenley aerodrome … Continue reading
Friends of Foxley Autumn Fruits and Funghu Foray, Nov 1
Posted in Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Foxley Wood, Friends of Foxley Wood, Funghi, Mushrooms
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Cinema strides out with its All Of Us Strangers guided walk
The good people at the David Lean have devised a two-hour amble around Sanderstead and Riddlesdown to show off the locations that play a key part of one of the best recent British-made movies PLUS: PODCAST: Listen to director Andrew … Continue reading
Check out rail operator’s ‘Blue Wag’ guide for your dog walks
Govia Thameslink, the operators of Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink trains which serve East Croydon, Norwood Junction and Purley and Coulsdon stations, has produced a guide to dog-friendly travel, to encourage pet owners to broaden their horizons for themselves and … Continue reading
Mitcham Common walk – uses of local plants, July 10
Posted in Education, Environment, Nature Notes, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Friends of Mitcham Common, Mitcham Common
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Join us for a six-mile guided ramble along the Vanguard Way
Become a Vanguard with Inside Croydon and walk into summer with a guided six-mile ramble. Inside Croydon’s guided walks around the outskirts of London offer our loyal readers a chance to find out more about the area, their environment, history … Continue reading
Strictly Come Walking with Croydon Mencap, every Saturday
Posted in Activities, Charity, Walks
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Mencap, Strictly Come Walking
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East Croydon plaque to get you on track for the Vanguard Way
For the avoidance of any doubt (if ever there was any), East Croydon Station now has a new sign, designating it as the official starting point of the Vanguard Way, the 66-mile walkers’ route “from the suburbs to the sea”. … Continue reading
COPSE’s Weald Walkers Wander, from Markbeech, Apr 28
Posted in Activities, Croydon Outdoor Pursuits and Social Events, Walks
Tagged COPSE, Rambles, Walks, Weald of Kent, Weekend Rambles
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Join the King’s Wood guided walks to enjoy the rites of spring
One of Croydon’s many remarkable open spaces will be the venue for expertly guided walks over the next few weeks. “Gentle walks learning more about beautiful King’s Wood”, according to the Friends of King’s Wood, with the first one taking … Continue reading
Banstead Rotary Charity Walk, North Downs, May 12
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Walks
Tagged Banstead, Epsom Downs, North Downs, Rotary, Rotary Club of Banstead, Surrey
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Everything really is political on a stroll around South Norwood
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week, KEN TOWL wanders off on a tour of South Norwood, helped with a guide map that is available from one of Croydon’s libraries that is closed for five days of the week… The modern dictum that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ken Towl, Libraries, South Norwood, Walks
Tagged 20th Century Society, architecture, Art, Ken Towl, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, South Norwood Library, Wilfried Zaha
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Croydon Ramblers charity walk, Kenley Aerodrome, Aug 13
Posted in Croydon Ramblers, Kenley, Walks
Tagged Croydon Ramblers, Kenley Airfield, Purley Food Hub
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Join the London bridges Wellness Walk for Diabetes UK, Sep 24
Posted in Activities, Charity, Walks
Tagged Battersea Park, Diabetes UK, Tower Bridge, Wellness Walk
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READER OFFER: 20% off your copy of Surrey Pub Walks book
You can enjoy a stroll through beautiful local countryside this summer, finishing with a cool glass of something refreshing, using a new book that offers a guide to 20 pub walks in Surrey. And thanks to the generosity of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Pubs, Surrey, Walks
Tagged Bletchingley, Coulsdon, Guildford, Limpsfield, Limpsfield Chart, Matthew Ogborn, Surrey, Surrey Pub Walks
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Roundshaw Ramble: Put some bird song into an evening amble
Inside Croydon’s doughty troup of walkers and nature-watchers are long overdue a return to Roundshaw Downs to catch up with the fascinating fauna and flora to be found there. That’s why next Thursday, June 15, we’ll be staging the latest … Continue reading
Five Hills of Croydon: 20 ramblers, 4 miles, countless memories
PHOTOSTORY: Thanks to all the Inside Croydon readers who joined us on Sunday for our guided walk over five of the ‘seven’ hills of Croydon, following a route suggested in the book Hillwalking London: Ten High-Level Walks to the Heights … Continue reading
Stroller Group walks, every Tues, Park Hill Recreation Ground
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Walks
Tagged Park Hill, Park Hill Recreation Ground
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Step out with Inside Croydon for a guided walk into the hills
May is National Walking Month, and to do our bit, Inside Croydon is going for a bit of a stroll this Sunday, May 14, and our readers are very welcome to join us! UPDATE: 9am May 11: This guided walk … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Health, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Ken Towl, London LOOP, New Addington, Seven Hills of Croydon, Vanguard Way, Walks
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Celebrate this weekend with a walk in the blue, blue and blue
If the pomp and circumstance and all the red, white and blue this weekend is not for you, perhaps a quieter, more reflective time with lots of just blue – bluebells – might be a better way to spend the … Continue reading
Walk ‘n Talk Croydon, Coombe Woods, Tues from May
Posted in Activities, Walks
Tagged Apsara Arts, Coombe Wood Gardens, Walk 'n Talk Croydon
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This capital walking guide book rises well above the ordinary
KEN TOWL pulls on his walking boots and, armed with a new ramblers’ guide book, strides on towards the Seven Hills of Croydon. PLUS: Special reader offer with 10% discount on Hillwalking London Guidebooks can be a bit pompous in … Continue reading
Posted in Ken Towl, Walks
Tagged Addington Hills, Caroline Buckland, Hillwalking London, John Grindrod, Ken Towl, New Addington, Safe Haven Books
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