Mileage depending on choice of LBRs. 4 miles to Leigh on sea, some may want to continue to Chalkwell, Westcliff or Southend, plus the pier. Mostly by the sea, at sea-level. Gravel, grassy and, later, metalled paths.
Buy SUPER-OPDR to Leigh-on-Sea or Southend-on-Sea, depending on how far you want to walk. Dep. Liverpool St. 10.15 arr. Benfleet 11.00. Lunch pub, cafe in Leigh on Sea or bring a picnic. EX 175. Leader Pam
PLEASE let Pam know in advance that you will come to help guide the LBRs and which walk length you prefer, bearing in mind that our route(s) on the day will depend on the LBRs’ preferences.
Mainly level following River Mole foot of Box Hill via picturesque villages of Brockham, Betchworth and Skimmington, to grounds of Reigate Priory. Buy OPDR to Dorking Stations. Dep. Victoria 09.40 (Clapham Jct. 09.47) arr. Dorking Mainline 10.40 EX146. Lunch Dolphin Inn Betchworth or bring a picnic Leader Rochelle.
For those coming on my walk on Sunday from Dorking to Reigate, the Dolphin Pub in Betchworth will only be serving Sunday lunches – and we won’t really have time to stop for long enough to enjoy this. Therefore please bring a picnic lunch. We can eat it in the church across from the pub and then go into the pub garden for a drink. The walk is a little longer than advertised about 8.5 miles and there are a couple of steep sections at the end and a few stiles. We will stop for a cup of tea at the Pistachios cafe in Priory Park before heading on the last 20 minutes to Reigate Station.
A walk from Cookham to Maidenhead, where we ‘had the weather for it’. Cooler and much more tolerable for a longish walk.
16 arrived on the shuttle between Maidenhead and Cookham, Geoffrey (our back marker) and I by car, and Pam joined us at the pub near Bourne End.
The walk is a figure of 9 – a circular walk back to Cookham High St and then linear down to Maidenhead – much researched and recce’d and Chris had his trusty app just in case. Continue reading Cookham to Maidenhead – 22 August 2026→
I had been concerned that following recent high temperatures in London the walking conditions might have been uncomfortable especially as there was no shade. But I needn’t have worried. The temperatures were already on the way down after the latest heatwave and the gentle sea breeze made the conditions just perfect for walking.
12 Poly Ramblers assembled at St Pancras and made the journey down to Rye. After the briefing, we began with a short tour of the main highlights of the town. Rye is a very old town with evidence of existing since Anglo-Saxon times. It is one of five ports (including Winchelsea) or ‘Cinque Ports’ on which were conferred a special status and tax privileges by the Crown in medieval times in return for defending the coastline from invasion. After admiring the old buildings, particularly in Mermaid Street, we made our way out of Rye and along the extensive salt flats that lie between the town and the sea two miles away. It’s hard to imagine that, until a succession of massive storms between the 13th and 16th centuries, both Rye and Winchelsea were on the coast. Continue reading Rye Circular via Winchelsea – 15th August 2026→
