We are the Hammersmith, Fulham & Wandsworth Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Pamela C.
A medium pace linear walk from Harpenden to St Albans City Station, through parks, common land, the newly established Heartwood Forest with countryside views, the pretty Childwickbury country estate with views out to another estate, Gorehambury, and the historic city of St Albans.
Lunch will be at Sandridge village, where there are three public houses, a tearoom and a churchyard with a few benches for picnic lunches. Please bring food with you, as there may not be time for a pub lunch.
There are no steep ascents or descents on this walk.
Drop-out point: there are infrequent buses from Sandridge to St Albans or Harpenden, including the 357 to St Albans at 13.06 and the 304 to St Albans at 14.56.
Travel: Take the Thameslink train (Bedford service) which can be joined at any of the following stations, East Croydon at 9.03, London Bridge at 9.19, Blackfriars at 9.26, Farringdon at 9.31, St Pancras International, platform B at 9.35 and West Hampstead Thameslink at 9.43, arriving at Harpenden at 10.06. (If joining at St Pancras International, please ensure you use Platform B at 9.35 (Bedford service) - do not take the slow train which leaves from a numbered East Midlands platform at the same time!). Check trains the day before.
Buy a return ticket to Harpenden.
A joint walk with the Hampstead and Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Groups.
Meet at Harpenden Railway Station.
Finish at St Albans City Railway Station.
