What we’re about
Join a group of fun-loving people based in London who enjoy hiking, walking, and being outdoors.
Hiking with us is an adventure where we admire the beauty of nature, discover new places, as well as have a good time together outdoors. Most of our members are in their 20s and 30s - or else are young at heart - and live and work in or around London. As London is an international city, our hiking group consists of nationalities from across the globe. Our hiking trips are a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. So, if you are into hiking, walking, and outdoor activities then join Trailblazer London. Bring the spirit of adventure!
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Our fun-filled hiking adventures take us throughout the UK and across Europe. There are beautiful hiking trails across the woods and rolling countryside of the southeast of England outside London. And our hiking weekends further afield have ranged from Britain's scenic national parks to picturesque islands in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Trailblazer London offers a wealth of scenic hiking experiences.
We've hiked magnificent mountains on our outdoors adventures over these past years. See our group on the way up Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis:
There's been beautiful scenery on our hikes. See the bluebells in blossom on the Ashridge Estate:
And pretty much all the time our outdoors adventures are a lot of fun:
We hike for the enjoyment of it and it's also great for our fitness and general wellbeing. While we have fun meeting new people and being outdoors we also take pleasure from the fact that it's good for our health too.
The most important skill for any hiking group is the ability to read a map and find their way through complex terrain. With in excess of 250 hikes led by us, safely and successfully, over a number of years, we have considerable experience in this most important of outdoors abilities.
Sometimes you might find a quirky signpost like this one which is located along one of our hiking routes. With our hikes you can be sure we know our way through the great outdoors!
Sometimes a Trailblazer outdoors adventure might come across a magnificent building or monument from the past. This is the 19th Century Balcombe Viaduct that we have walked beneath on a number of our hikes:
We find all sorts of unusual outdoors locations on our hikes that serve as excellent icebreakers and get conversation flowing, especially if you are new to the group. This is a privet bush shaped like a cat that we sometimes pass by on another of our hiking adventures:
Just sign up to any hike and turn up on the day, often at a convenient mainline London station. Hiking with us is enjoyable and straightforward. If it is your first time hiking with Trailblazer London you can be sure of a warm welcome from the group. Each hike sees a sociable mix of newcomers as well as people who return regularly to enjoy the great outdoors.
Trailblazer also has partner outdoors groups that it has allied with over the years. These are The Trail https://www.meetup.com/THE-TRAIL-London-Hik... and Trail Adventurers https://www.meetup.com/Trail-adventurers/ with whom we run hiking trips together.
For further information about safety on our hiking and outdoors adventure trips please visit:
https://www.meetup.com/Trailblazer/about/
What this exciting London-based hiking and outdoors activities group is all about:
Hiking, walking, adventure, being outdoors, fitness, recreation, climbing mountains, exercise and fun, sports, and perhaps most important of all,
making new friends!
Who to contact: Tania and Kieran (hiking group organisers) trailblazergroup@hotmail.com
Trailblazer London - Hiking, Walking, and Outdoor Adventure
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Ivinghoe Beacon Trail - Saturday 3 MayLondon Euston Train Station, London£5.00
Join us as we head to the Chilterns where we will explore fields and forests on our way to the high point of Ivinghoe Beacon. With views stretching as far as the English Midlands, the beacon lit here provided, over the centuries, speedy communication across the country in times of crisis. The beauty of the area is such that in the 1960s it was frequently used as an outdoor location for action-adventure television shows including 'The Avengers' and 'The Saint'.
Our hike will take us along the Ridgeway, a trail located at the top of the steep scarp slope of the Chilterns that has been in use since the stone age. Along the way we shall find Grim's Ditch, an ancient fortification dating back to before the arrival of Romans.
On our return we shall pass by the Bridgewater Monument, built in honour of a duke whose Lancashire canal was the earliest of its kind and made him the richest noble in the country.
We will also walk through the woods of the Ashridge Estate, famed for having some of the largest displays of bluebells anywhere in the south of England.
Meeting place: Euston Railway Station - in the centre of the station, in front of the outlets marked as 12-13-14 on the station map - see the following link: CCS0723844574-001_London Euston Map 2023 It's not far from platforms 7 and 8.
Meeting time: 10.00AM (for 10.39 train)
Price: £5. Please pay before the trip using the secure PayPal link (you will be automatically taken to PayPal when you RSVP YES). London-Tring standard rail fare is £22.20 return - one third off for railcard users or Group Save (you can team up for a minimum of three people for this on the day.)
Distance: 16 km/10 miles
Hike level: easy to medium (you need to be reasonably fit to participate in this activity)
Expected return to London: 7PM (please commit yourself for a full day)
Things to bring: water, packed lunch, waterproof clothing, hiking boots, sunscreen or hat
