Places to explore near Alexandra Palace StationAlexandra Palace

A Victorian burial ground of 1839 where Karl Marx and George Eliot lie.

4 km SW

An Edwardian pergola of stone columns and wisteria built for soap magnate Lord Leverhulme.

5.6 km SW

London's first public park, opened in 1845 and long known as the People's Park.

8.7 km SE

Planting threaded through brutalist walkways on the site of London's first public park.

8.9 km S

Wren's domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, finished in 1710 after the Great Fire, with its Whispering Gallery and the tombs of Nelson and Wellington.

9.5 km S

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

9.5 km S · spans 9 counties

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

9.7 km S · spans 7 counties

London's inner orbital walk, stringing together 78 miles of parks, canals and viewpoints through the middle suburbs.

2.4 km SW · London

Opened in 1854 as London's first municipal burial ground, with more interments than any UK cemetery.

3.1 km W

Terraced lawns given to Londoners in 1889 as a garden for the gardenless.

3.7 km SW

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

4.5 km SE · spans 4 counties

The Lea made navigable — from Hertford through the Lee Valley's reservoirs and marshes to Bow Locks on the edge of the Thames.

4.5 km SE · London, Hertfordshire & Essex