The Lea Valley Walk - A London Walk

Split into 20 stages this 50 mile walk is one of the finest and most varied walking routes around the capital, tracing the route of the River Lea from Leagrave, near Luton to Island Gardens at Greenwich where it joins the Thames Path.

The Lea Valley Walk

Author

Leigh Hatts

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

Second

ISBN_13

9781852845223

Availability

Published

Price

£10.00

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Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)
Sample Photos (6)

Seasons

Can be done at any time of the year.

Centres

Leagrave, Luton, Harpenden, Wheathampstead, Hatfield, Hertford, Ware, Broxbourne, Waltham Abbey, Hackney Marshes and so to east London, near the Millennium Dome

Difficulty

None, except avoiding the building works for the Olympic Games for 2012.

Must See

Surprisingly wild Bedfordshire, Waltham Abbey, the industrial landscape through east London, the Thames itself

The recommended maps, in addition to the OS Landranger maps reproduced in this book, are Ordnance Survey Explorer maps. Also useful is the OS Herts Street Atlas (Philips), which also covers Luton. South of Waltham Abbey many of the London street maps can be helpful.