There are seven routes that form the Walk London Network, one of the largest walking networks of any city in the world. These routes are specifically designed to be easily accessible by public transport and you can walk as little or as far as you want by walking them in sections.
You can download a map and written directions for each of the sections that make up the Walk London Network routes, or follow the routes step-by-step using the Go Jauntly walking app.

London Nature Trails
Created by Footways, these four walking routes uncover a whole of urban nature.

Follow the routes on your phone using the Footways digital map or via the Go Jauntly app.
Use London Wildlife Trust’s spotter guide to discover animals and plants as you walk.
Wanstead to Royal Docks
Burnt Oak to Wembley
Swiss Cottage to King’s Cross
Bermondsey to Brockley

Short walks
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Transport for London in 2020 GoJauntly curated 20 brand new 20 minute routes across London. Follow them via the GoJaunlty App.

Footways is a network of quiet and enjoyable routes for walking in London. The Footways network has been designed to connect major places with appealing and accessible streets. The places include mainline train stations, popular destinations and green spaces. It prompts Londoners and visitors to choose walking as the most enjoyable, efficient and healthy option.

Central London Footways

A copy of the beautiful printed map, designed by Applied, online and in store from Stanfords. The routes can also be followed from your phone using the digital map. A series of Inspiration routes have also been created that can be followed using digital maps.

• Victoria to Trafalgar Square Waterloo to British Museum
• Euston to Soho 
• King’s Cross to Covent Garden
• Liverpool Street to Tate Modern
• London Bridge to Southbank Centre
• Paddington to Exhibition Road
• Farringdon to Angel
• Charing Cross to Oxford Circus

Hackney Footways

Switch a journey to walking and see Hackney differently with Footways. This map connects Hackney Central and other major places with welcoming, appealing and accessible streets. Use the digital map to explore the area’s history and culture as you walk.

Walk to Hackney Central – Inspiration Routes
Here are some of Footways’ favourite walking routes to Hackney Central with features to uncover on the way.

The Ramblers help everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking and protect the places we all love to walk. We are the only charity dedicated to looking after paths and green spaces, leading walks, opening up new places to explore and encouraging everyone to get outside and discover how walking boosts your health and your happiness.

The Inner London Area of the Ramblers is made up of ten groups located in London. It is just one of many areas that make up the national organisation.

The Inner London Ramblers have updated guides for 2023 for The London Loop and Capital Ring.

Self-Guided walks

Rambler volunteer, Mike Biggs, has put together a number of walks around London that might take you to places you’ve never been or offer views of familiar things from different angles. All the walks are regularly checked and revised where necessary. Each is designed to be followed without the need for maps or other aids.

London Greenways

A proposal for six new walking routes that link green spaces and bring nature closer to Londoner.

Slow Ways are creating a network of walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities.

Slow Ways is an initiative to create a national network of walking routes connecting all of Great Britain’s towns and cities as well as thousands of villages.

Using existing paths, ways, trails and roads, people can use Slow Ways routes to walk or wheel between neighbouring settlements, and combine them to create longer distance trips. It’s designed to make it easier for people to imagine, plan and go on walking journeys.

There are currently over 8,000 Slow Ways stretching for over 120,000km. This network of routes was created by 700 volunteers during the Spring 2020 lockdown, creating a unique Slow Ways map in the process.

London already has a nearly fully verified set of walking routes. Using the routing tool you can map your walk across London.

Here’s a couple of examples;

London Bridge to Camden Town

Liverpool Street Station to Stratford

The National Cycle Network is a UK-wide network of signed paths and routes for walking, cycling, wheeling and exploring outdoors.

London Cycle routes 

If you’d like to see routes across the UK on an interactive map, head over to the Ordnance Survey website

A wonderful collection of routes mapped out in OpenStreetMap. 

The routes include the Walk London Network and others like Greenwich Meridian Trail, The Beverley Brook Walk and The Waterlink Way

Long Distance Walkers Association 

London Parks Way

The London Parks Way has been designed as an attempt to produce a comprehensive walking route through many of London’s parks, beginning at Kingston station and finishing at the Cutty Sark at Greenwich. This London Parks Way passes through the Royal Parks of Bushy Park, Richmond Park, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park, and Greenwich Park as well as Hampton Court Park, Holland Park, Victoria Park and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. If you walk the London Parks Way you will also see some of the prettiest sections of the River Thames, walk along the Regents Canal, see the regeneration of London Docklands, visit a traditional London street market, and pass through a city farm. Most of the sites used in the hugely successful 2012 Olympic Games will be seen on this walk.

Green London Way

The Green London Way is a long distance footpath for London, and one of the earliest urban promoted walking routes, dating to 1991. It is a circular route of about 100 miles, not around London but through it. It brought the idea of the long distance way right into the country’s largest city. At the same time it is a route which divides into 18 separate and easily manageable walks, each with its own distinctive character. The Green London Way links river and canal, towpath and abandoned railway line, urban footpath and little-known alley, park and common, woodland and heath. It is an introduction to the best and most beautiful of London’s open spaces. The 18 separate walks vary in length from 3 1/2 miles to 10 1/2 miles, beginning and ending at points well served by public transport. The website gives updates to route sections where diversions are needed, as in the Olympic Park area (in 2012).

Apps, maps and walking resources

Go Jauntly

Your walking app for everyday outdoor adventures
Discover nature-filled walking routes.

Enjoy fun new walking challenges and more.

OS Maps

All the mapping you’ll ever need!
Use world-renowned Ordnance Survey mapping with unlimited use of every OS Explorer and OS Landranger map for the whole of Great Britain. That’s instant access to 607 maps to view, print, or download to your phone – all included in your subscription.

TreeTalk

Leading you through the urban forest, TreeTalk is brought to by three London explorers: Steve Pocock, Paul Woodand Rob Tustain.

There are currently over 800k trees featured with the functionality to create greener, tree-lined walks through the points on the map.

AllTrails

Trails that fit your nature
Whether you’re pushing your limits or pushing a pram, All Trails have got you covered. All of the trails are verified by experts and reviewed by our global community of adventurers like you.

Outdoor Active

Access over 1 million Premium routes and content from outdoor experts
Plan your own routes from a variety of activities
Be safe with the best maps, trail networks and current conditions
Discover the world with our Travel Guide.

TiCL

The TiCL App is an exciting new way to FIND and COMMENT ON things around you.