Places to explore near St James Street (London) StationWalthamstow

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

4.9 km S

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

7.9 km S · spans 7 counties

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

8 km W

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

8 km SW

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

8.6 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.

8.7 km SW

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

8.9 km S

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

1.5 km SW · London, Hertfordshire & Essex

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

1.7 km W · spans 4 counties

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

1.9 km SW · London

A National Trust place in London.

3.8 km S

The surviving lakes and grotto of a grand Georgian mansion demolished by a gambling owner.

4.8 km E

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

5.3 km S · London

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

6.7 km NE · spans 5 counties

A Nonconformist burial ground where Blake, Bunyan and Defoe lie among plane trees.

7.5 km SW