London Outer Orbital Path
A 144-mile long-distance walk — the LOOP, also known as the “M25 for walkers” — making a full circuit around London and visiting parks, nature reserves, woodland, lakes, and popular beauty spots. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TQ 519 789
Distance: 144 miles (232 km)
Time: 65–75 hours
Duration: 10–14 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
146 Dorking, Box Hill and Reigate
147 Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Westerham
160 Windsor, Weybridge and Bracknell
161 London South
162 Greenwich and Gravesend
172 Chiltern Hills East, High Wycombe, Maidenhead and Rickmansworth
173 London North
174 Epping Forest and Lee Valley
175 Southend-on-Sea and Basildon
Summary
The London Outer Orbital Path, more commonly known as the “London LOOP,” is a waymarked long-distance walk along public footpaths and through parks, woods, and fields around the edge of Outer London, England. It is frequently described as “the M25 for walkers.” The walk begins at Erith on the south bank of the River Thames and passes clockwise through Crayford, Petts Wood, Coulsdon, Banstead, Ewell, Kingston upon Thames, Uxbridge, Elstree, Cockfosters, Chingford, Chigwell, Grange Hill, and Upminster Bridge before ending at Purfleet, almost directly across the Thames from its starting point. Between these settlements, the route passes through green buffers and some of the highest points in Greater London. (Source: Wikipedia)