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Named signs with logoGreen Chain Walk

Gtr London

80 km / 50 miles
The Green Chain Walk is a collection of eleven linked routes between the River Thames and many of South-East London's open spaces. It can be started from the Thames Barrier or Erith riverside, and offers several route variations as it passes through Oxleas Wood and Mottingham to terminate at either Crystal Palace or Chislehurst. The 'daisy chain' layout offers many options for circular and linear walks.

Though there is inevitably some street walking, there is a surprising amount of woodland, grassland, park and garden and some interesting heritage sites are passed, such as Eltham Palace.

The route plotted on our map represents the north-east to south-west extent of the walk, and it is made up from sections 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11 out of the 11 sections, but excludes some loops in these sections. This is a simplified spine route but it does not show the many options that the network offers due to limitations of the mapping used on this site.

The total network, excluding links to stations etc, totals about 50 miles in the Transport For London (TfL) website details linked below. There are free downloadable route descriptions with mapping for all of the sections on the TfL website. The network is signed throughout, but as there are many options, care is needed in following it to keep to the chosen route.

Between Maryon Park, Charlton and Crystal Palace some of the route is coincident with the Capital Ring, and at the Thames riverside it links to the Thames Path and the Thames Path Extension, that are also signed routes.


Details:

Waymark: Named signs with logo
Path Type: Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark: Named signs with logo
Attributes: Easy
Forest/Woodland
River
Urban
Heritage
Start: TQ472813 - Thamesmead, Gtr London View on StreetMap
Finish: TQ353760 - Nunhead station, Gtr London View on StreetMap
Web Sites: TfL - Green Chain Walk London Underfoot - Capital Ring / Green Chain Walk [blog] Green Chain Walk - Tim Bertuchi Annierak - Green Chain Walk [blog]

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

External download Green Chain Certificate  (Transport for London (TfL) ) Download

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):
OS Landranger 176, 177
OS Landranger Active 176, 177
OS Explorer 161, 162
OS Explorer Active 161, 162
Other Paper Maps:
Map (Other)
London A-Z Street Atlas (Geographers' A-Z Map Company (an imprint of HarperCollins) - 2020)
Digital Maps:
Memory-Map
Memory-Map A-Z London street atlas (Memory-Map - 2020)

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

 
 
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Path
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< 1 km
62 km
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2 km
80 km
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4 km
80 km

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Downloads:

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GPX Route File
Green Chain Walk GPX Exchange Format Route File
Last Updated 22/02/2024 20:38:16 - Spine route only adding Walk 11 to Nunhead.
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MemoryMap Route File
Green Chain Walk Memory Map Route File
Last Updated 22/02/2024 20:38:16 - Spine route only adding Walk 11 to Nunhead.
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Tracklogs Route File
Green Chain Walk Tracklogs Route File
Last Updated 22/02/2024 20:38:16 - Spine route only adding Walk 11 to Nunhead.
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Route Profile:

37.8 km (23.5 miles)
503 m (1,650 ft) ascent
112 m (367 ft)  maximum height

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