NLOG local walks protocol
- Please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the fact sheets before joining a walk.
- Please could all walk leaders send the local walks coordinator the names of all attendees.
- If you would like a lift or are able to offer one, please use the group email to arrange this with group members.
- Unfortunately we no longer allow dogs to join us on our walks.
- You take part in all events at your own risk.
| MAY | |
| Sunday 4th | HALF DAY WALK - CASSIOBURY PARK, WATFORD - A 6 mile circular walk in Cassiobury Park. The route takes us by the River Gade, Grand Union Canal towards Chandler’s cross and into Whippendell, Blackets and Dolly’s Woods which are often blanketed in bluebells at this time of year. Refreshments are available afterwards at Daisy’s cafe in the park. Walk leader: Claire Meet: at 9:50am for 10am start at Cassiobury Park Car Park, Gade Ave, Watford WD18 7LG |
| Thursday 8th | EVENING WALK - CENTRAL LONDON LITERARY WALK - Charing Cross Road and Fitzrovia linear walk. An evening walk starting in Charing Cross Road, the famous bookselling street, telling the story of some of its best-known names, including that of the bookseller who corresponded with Adolf Hitler! We will pass a former teashop frequented by some of the War Poets & a little known literary club. We then continue to Fitzrovia, an area of restaurants, publishing folk, small art galleries and see some of the favourite drinking haunts of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess among others & discover why one pub proved more popular than the others towards the end of the evening. Walk leader: Helen Meet: 6.45pm for 7pm start on the steps of St Martin’s in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. (nearby tube stations, Charing Cross or Leicester Square) The walk will end at Goodge Street Station. |
| Sunday 11th | DAY WALK - SIX PARKS CIRCULAR WALK, BARNET - A 9-mile circular walk from Barnet, taking in 6 parks - Oak Hill, Brunswick, Arnos, Broomfield, Grovelands and Oakwood. Please bring lunch with you. There may be the opportunity to pick up a hot drink or ice cream along the way! Walk leader: Claire Meet 9.45am for a 10.00am start in Oak Hill Park, at the corner of Church Hill Road / Little Grove. |
| Tuesday 13th | Social - Discovery Hall - Talk by Matt Andrews - Iceland in Winter - Aurora, Eagles and ducks, Iceland in the winter is an unexplored but spectacularly beautiful, wildlife-rich wilderness. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Thursday 15th | EVENING WALK - HIGHBURY FIELDS - Linear walk starting at Highbury & Islington Station taking in Highbury Fields, the impressive new Emirates Stadium, Gillespie Park (a local nature reserve) and on through Finsbury Park to take the route of a disused railway track (Parkland Walk South) to Highgate underground station/Woodman Pub where the walk ends. Option of staying on for a drink after. Walk leader: Yvonne Meet: 6.45pm for a 7pm start at Highbury & Islington Station |
| Sunday 18th | DAY WALK - DUNSTABLE DOWNS - A 9 mile circular walk over Dunstable Downs from the National Trust Visitor Centre. Skirting the rim of Kensworth Quarry, passing the remote churches of Kensworth and Studham, the village of Whipsnade and the tree cathedral, returning via Whipsnade Down. Bring a packed lunch and drink. Walk leader: Sue Meet: 10.15 outside the Dunstable Downs Visitor Centre, Whipsnade Rd, Dunstable LU6 2GY. The visitor centre with toilets & cafe opens at 10am. Parking in the NT car park off B4541 is £3.50 for the day, free for NT members. The car park can get very busy so would recommend that you share transport if possible. |
| Wednesday 21st | EVENING WALK - BARNET TO FINCHLEY - A 4.5 mile linear walk, following the Dollis Valley Greenwalk from Barnet to Finchley Central. Possibility of food and drink in the Finchley area afterwards. Walk leader: Leon Meet: outside Barnet Everyman cinema at 6:45pm for a prompt 7pm start. Barnet Everyman, Great North Road, Barnet EN5 1AB |
| Friday 23rd - Monday 26th | WEEKEND AWAY – SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK - Details to follow in members email. |
| Tuesday 27th | Social - Pub - The Ridgeway Tavern, Enfield EN2 8JF with an option of having a meal. Details to follow in members email. |
| Thursday 29th | EVENING WALK - OAKWOOD & GROVELANDS - A 4 mile circular walk, from Oakwood Station, through Oakwood Park and Grovelands Park. Walk leader: Leon Meet: at 6.45pm for a prompt 7pm start under the clock outside Oakwood tube station (Piccadilly Line), Bramley Road, London N14 4UT |
| JUNE | |
| Sunday 1st | DAY WALK - HEARTWOOD FOREST/SANDRIDGE - A 9 mile circular walk from Heartwood Forest in Sandridge, via Childwick Green, Batch Wood and Langley Wood. Please bring a packed lunch. Opportunity for a drink in the pub garden after the walk. Walk leader: Julie Meet: at 10.15 am for a 10.30 am start from Heartwood Forest free car park, Sandridge, AL4 9DQ (signposted just off the B651) |
| Thursday 5th | EVENING WALK - ESSENDON - A 4.5 mile circular evening walk from Essendon. Walk leader: Julie Meet: at 6.30 pm for a 6.45 pm start at St Mary’s Church, 2 Church Street, Essendon, AL9 6AS (parking on roads around the village). |
| Sunday 8th | DAY WALK - HAMPSTEAD HEATH CIRCULAR - An 11-mile circular day walk starting and ending at East Finchley tube station (Northern Line High Barnet Branch). We’ll start out on the Capital Ring to Highgate Woods, then go through Highgate to Hampstead Heath. Taking in the Hampstead Heath extension before a short stretch on the road to return to East Finchley tube station. Please bring lunch with you. There will be an opportunity for hot drinks during a lunch break by Golders Hill Park Refreshment House about half way round. Walk leader: Claire Meet: 9.45am for 10.00am start at East Finchley tube station. |
| Monday 9th | EVENING WALK - BARNET CIRCULAR - A 4 mile walk covering the Old Court House Gardens, King George’s Fields, Tudor Park and Highlands Gardens in Barnet. Option to stop for a drink afterwards. Walk leader: Leon Meet: outside Barnet Everyman cinema at 6:45pm for a prompt 7pm start. Barnet Everyman, Great North Road, Barnet EN5 1AB |
| Tuesday 10th | SOCIAL - TALK - Timandra Slade ‘From a Hard Place to a Rock’ presentation. ‘While sorting through documents she discovered in an old suitcase, Timandra Slade was astonished to uncover the remarkable story of two soldiers - her father and his cousin. Captured during the war, they managed to escape and navigate their way through occupied territory to reach Gibraltar’. The talk will include their journey crossing the Pyrenees. Her books will be available to buy on the night. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Tuesday 17th | EVENING WALK - OAK HILL PARK TO ARNOS PARK - A 4 / 5 mile circular walk through Oak Hill Park following Pymmes Brook to Brunswick Park then along Waterfall Walk to Arnos Park and back again. Walk leader: Claire Meet: 6.30pm for 6.45pm start in Oak Hill Park at the corner of Church Hill Road / Little Grove |
| Tuesday 24th | Social - Pub - The Prince of Wales pub, 2 Church Hill Road, Barnet EN4 8TB. Details to follow in members email. |
| Wednesday 25th | EVENING WALK - HADLEY COMMON AND WOODS TO JACKS LAKE - A 4.5 mile circular walk through picturesque Monken Hadley Common and Woods to Jack’s Lake and back. Walk leader: Julie Meet: 7.00 pm start outside Ye Olde Monken Holt (the Monk Pub), 193 High Street, Barnet, EN5 5SU |
| JULY | |
| Thursday 3rd | EVENING WALK - GOLDERS GREEN TO HIGHGATE - A 4.5 mile linear walk starting from Golders Green Tube station (Northern Line – Edgware Branch) continuing through West Heath, Hampsted Heath and Highgate Village. Walk leader: Claire Meet: Golders Green tube station at 6.30pm for 6.45pm start. The walk finishes at Highgate Station (Northern Line – Barnet branch) |
| Tuesday 8th | Social - BBQ - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Wednesday 16th | EVENING WALK - POTTERS BAR - A 4 mile circular walk along footpaths and fields around Potters Bar. We will go to the Admiral Byng afterwards where you should be able to get food as well as a drink. Walk leader: Alex Meet: 7:10 for 7.15pm start outside Potters Bar station EN6 1SQ. Parking in nearby streets. |
| Tuesday 22th | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Thursday 24th | EVENING WALK - RIDGE CIRCULAR - A 4 mile circular walk. Option for refreshments back at the Old Guinea pub afterwards. Walk leader: Neil Meet: 6.50pm for 7.00pm start outside The Old Guinea Pub, Ridge, Herts EN6 3LH. |
| Tuesday 29th | EVENING WALK - REGENTS PARK / PRIMROSE HILL - A 3.5 mile circular walk around Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill. The Regent’s Park area provides elegant and interesting settings for walkers in the heart of London. The park was the idea of the Prince Regent, later to become George IV. Much of the design was by John Nash. Walk leader: Julie Meet: 6.50pm for a prompt 7.00 pm start outside Regent’s Park underground station (Bakerloo line). |
| AUGUST | |
| Friday 1st | EVENING WALK - WILD HILL - A 4 mile circular walk. Walk leader: Neil Meet: outside The Woodman pub, Wild Hill AL9 6EA for a prompt 6.30pm start (do not park in pub car park). |
| Thursday 7th | EVENING WALK - NOTORIOUS LONDON: THE EASTERN CITY WALK - A 3.5 mile circular walk from the city wall in the east. Focusing, as ever, on the macabre, the walk will take in the locations of botched executions, the final resting place of thousands of plague victims and the site at which evidence from a murder scene may have finally revealed the identity of Jack the Ripper. If that’s not enough, there are literary connections a-plenty, as well as the stone at the symbolic heart of the city. Walk leader: Peter Meet: Tower Hill Underground Station (Circle/District Line) 6.50pm for a 7pm start. |
| Monday 11th | EVENING WALK - BARNET COURT HOUSE CIRCULAR - A 3 mile circular walk, from Barnet Everyman, up to High Barnet via the Old Court House Recreation Ground, returning through King George’s Fields and Highland Gardens. Walk leader: Leon Meet: outside Barnet Everyman cinema at 6:30pm for a prompt 6.45pm start. Barnet Everyman, Great North Road, Barnet EN5 1AB |
| Tuesday 12th | Social - BBQ - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Wednesday 20th | EVENING WALK - HAWKSHEAD WOOD WALK (near South Mimms) - A 3.5 mile circular walk. Walk leader: Neil Meet: at 6.45 pm for a prompt 7 pm start outside The Woodman Pub, 21 Warrengate Road, Hatfield AL9 7TT (do not park in pub car park) |
| Friday 22nd to Monday 25th | WEEKEND AWAY – TBC - Details to follow in members email. |
| Tuesday 26th | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 29th | EVENING WALK - TRENT PARK - A short circular walk in Trent Park (under 4 miles), starting and ending by Oakwood Station. Followed by an optional meal locally. Bring a torch. Walk leader: Mike Meet: for a 6.45pm prompt start under the clock outside Oakwood tube station (Piccadilly Line), Bramley Road, London N14 4UT |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| Tuesday 9th | Social - Discovery Hall - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Tuesday 23rd | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 26th to Sunday 28th | WEEKEND AWAY – FLATFORD MILL - Details to follow in members email. |
| OCTOBER | |
| Thursday 9th to Monday 13th | WEEKEND AWAY - LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS - See members email for details. |
| Tuesday 14th | Social - Discovery Hall - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Tuesday 28th | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 31st - Monday 2nd | WEEKEND AWAY - MARGATE - See members e-mail for details. |
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