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Metropolitan Walkers is the largest London-based Ramblers group for people in their 20s and 30s.
All our planned walks can be found at https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk/wal... We publish to MeetUp to showcase our activities to a wider audience!
If you've not walked with us before, you’re welcome to come along on three free walks before becoming a member, to see if Met Walkers is for you! Membership is around £38 per year, or £27 concessionary rate.
We’re a very active group. Our volunteers lead walks every weekend, ranging from short, leisurely walks to strenuous hikes of 17+ miles across hilly terrain. We also lead one evening stroll during the week, discovering different parts of the capital.
We explore the beautiful areas near London such as the North Downs, south coast and Chilterns, all of which are accessible by public transport.
A lot of our members walk regularly, which is a great way to form friendships. As well as walking, we have a regular social programme.
We regularly run weekends away to explore the other great walking areas the UK has to offer, such as the Lake District, Snowdonia and Scotland, and have also put on several trips abroad.
We’re part of the Ramblers – the charity that helps everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking; and protects the places we all love to walk.
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See all- Leith Hill, Bluebells and Hurt Wood (16 miles/Strenuous)Holmwood Station, Holmwood
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
A walk taking in several of the highest hills in Surrey and some great views. The route includes some bluebell woods which will hopefully be putting on a good display. Towards the end of the walk we pass through the picturesque village of Shere, and will have opportunity for a short stop there. Total ascent 750m.
Please bring a packed lunch. Pub stop at end.
Note, Holmwood Station does not have public toilets, please make use of outbound station or train facilities.
Terrain: Hills, woods, fields
Travel: Take 8:41 from London Victoria (8:48 Clapham Junction), arr. Holmwood 9:47.
Buy return to Holmwood. Single from Gomshall-Dorking is needed for first part of journey back.
Grading: Strenuous.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Gomshall Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/leith-hill-bluebells-and-hurt-wood - A walk in Kent to see a castle in Leeds (12 miles/Moderate)Hollingbourne Station, ME17 1TX
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
A walking exploring some beautiful countryside around the village of Hollingbourne, including numerous woodland sections with good potential for bluebells, and a pub stop shortly after lunch for drinks only. Towards the walk's end, we pass the grand, moated, castle near the village of Leeds (not to be confused with the much more obscure city in Yorkshire).
Bring a packed lunch. Optional pub stop at the end.
Terrain: footpaths, woodland.
Travel: Take the 9:55 train from London Victoria (10:12 Bromley South), arrive in Hollingbourne at 11:09.
Buy a return to Hollingbourne.
Grading: Moderate.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Hollingbourne Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/walk-kent-see-castle-leeds-0 - (Shorter!) Leith Hill, Bluebells and Hurt Wood (12 miles/Moderate)Holmwood Station, Holmwood
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
Slightly shorter variant of the longer version of the walk which will also be running today. This walk takes in Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill and Hurt Wood.
Route will mostly be on woodland trails and farm tracks. Occasional short section on road. A couple of steep but short climbs are in the route.
Holmwood Station does not have not public toilets, please make use of outbound station or train facilities. Please bring a packed lunch - it will be a picnic lunch in a picnic area, no toilets other than the cover of woodland available.
This walk will meet up with the other group at the end in Gomshall where there is the opportunity for a pub refreshments.
Travel: Take the 10:41 from London Victoria (Clapham Junction 10:48, Balham 10:53), arrive Holmwood 11:47.
Buy a return to Holmwood and a single from Gomshall to Dorking Main for the return leg.
Grading: Moderate.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Gomshall Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/shorter-leith-hill-bluebells-and-hurt-wood - Canterbury Circular North (19 miles/Strenuous)Canterbury West Station, Canterbury
Metropolitan Walkers is part of the Ramblers, Britain's walking charity. All welcome for 3 'taster' walks, after which please join the Ramblers - info on the Met Walkers website
A reasonably fast paced walk through the rolling hills and woodland to the north of the cathedral city of Canterbury. The walk starts at the historic Westgate Tower and its attractive gardens, and then passes along the banks of the River Stour for a couple of miles before then heading north and passing an Iron Age hillfort where Julius Caesar may have had one of his first battles with the locals, a nuclear bunker, and also Holly Hill and Clay Hill - which offer great views of the Thames Estuary. The walk then heads south back to Canterbury via the University Campus - which overlooks the entire city and its prominent cathedral.
Bring a packed lunch - the lunch stop is at the 10 mile mark in the quaint village of Hernhill, where there is also a pub for drinks only. A walk that is at times undulating, but with no particularly steep climbs, with a total ascent of 450 metres. A plethora of pubs and restaurants to choose from in Canterbury city centre at the end. The city centre itself is also pleasant to walk around with plenty of sights to be seen.
Travel: Take the 9:40 from St Pancras International (Stratford International 9:48, Ebbsfleet International 9:59) arrive at Canterbury West at 10:34. A high speed ticket is required.
The cheaper (but much longer) option is the 8:34 from London Charing Cross (Waterloo East 8:37, London Bridge 8:43, Sevenoaks 9:08) which arrives at Canterbury West at 10:18.
Meet just outside the main entrance of Canterbury West station.
Grading: Strenuous.
For an explanation of the gradings, please see the FAQ - please consider both the length and grade when choosing a walk.Finish point: Canterbury West Station
More info: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/canterbury-circular-north
