Places to explore near Bruce Grove StationBruce Grove

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

6.1 km SW

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

6.6 km S

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

8.4 km S

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

8.4 km W

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.

9.1 km S

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

9.4 km S · spans 7 counties

William the Conqueror's Thames fortress, home of the Crown Jewels.

9.6 km S

Victorian bascule bridge beside the Tower of London, opened in 1894, with glass-floored high walkways and steam-age engine rooms.

9.8 km S

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

1.1 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.

1.1 km SE · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

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

2.4 km SW · London

A National Trust place in London.

5.2 km S

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

5.9 km SW

London's canal — from Little Venice round Regent's Park and through Camden Town to the Thames at Limehouse.

6.4 km S · London

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

6.6 km W

The 'M25 for walkers' — an orbital path through outer London's woods, commons and river valleys from Erith to Purfleet.

7.2 km NE · spans 5 counties