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Lea Valley Friends Group

LVF Ramblers is a friendly, sociable group, specialising in short leisurely weekend walks of 3-4 miles in town & country, mainly accessible by public transport.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

Meet at 10.30 Lambeth North station (Bakerloo line).  Join Mary for a three-mile linear stroll through the original Lambeth Palace gardens with its local history at your feet(!), into the grounds of St Thomas’s Hospital to discover a Crimean nursing hero.  Then walk along the Thames Path to learn about a WWII hero and the Resistance Movement, see the old HQ of the London Fire Brigade, and on to Vauxhall Park.  By popular request, we shall be revisiting a secret garden leading into Bonnington Square, a quirky little area and garden built on a former bomb site, finishing at Vauxhall Park (Vauxhall station (Victoria  line), main line into Waterloo or south to Clapham Junction). Toilets at start and end of the walk, and refreshments at the end.

Leader – Mary Richards

Saturday, 27 September 2025
Start time:
10:30 am
Estimated finish time:
1:30 pm
Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
4.8km / 3.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
linear

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Accessible by public transport
  • No car needed

Starting point

Grid reference:
TQ 31145 79465
Nearest postcode:
SE1 7XG
what3words:
learn.line.tilt
Start time:
10:30 am

Finishing point

Grid reference:
TQ 30431 77942
Nearest postcode:
SW8 1SR
what3words:
crunch.soil.having
Estimated finish time:
1:30 pm

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking