London Loop II

After having a fairly stressful week; I decided that I needed to get out for a walk.

I decided to start out on the London Loop again, I did the first section back in April, last year.

This second section is from Bexley to Petts Wood and is about 7.5 miles (I say about because going through Scadbury Park I got lost and must of added a couple of miles :)).

As usual the walk takes in some really nice scenery and some not. The main points of interest are: Foots Cray Meadows, Five Arch Bridge, Cray Wanderers Football Ground, Sidcup Place Park, Scadbury Park, Petts Wood.


Just outside Bexley

The first part of this walk is nice and pleasant, along the river Cray and into Sidcup. There are two nice Churches on route

Five Arch Bridge

St James North Cray

All Saints Sidcup

After Sidcup the route goes through a housing estate and then down to the A20 which needs to be crossed by subways. The route then goes into Scadbury Park which has hundreds of paths and is quite easy to get lost in. Once through Scadbury its across the A208 and into Petts Wood; from here it is straight forward to Petts Wood Railway Station.


Some more pictures

London Loop

The London Loop is a circular walk (in 24 sections) in and around the suburbs of London.

The offical start is at Erith in South London.

The first section is 8.3 miles (13 km) long and goes from Erith to Old Bexley via Erith riverside; Queen Elizabeth 2 Bridge; Darent raised dam; Crayford Marshes; Crayford; Churchfield Wood; Hall Place, Old Bexley village.

The start is along the River Thames and through the industrial heart of Erith, as this is an urban walk some parts are quite depressing.

On one side of the path is the Thames on the other is wrecker's yards.

It's amazing that there can be wonderful scenic views directly oppostion.

More pictures from the 1st section of the London Loop can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/georgegriffin/erith_to_old_bexley