Transport for LondonRoute details
Capital Ring Section 9: Greenford to South Kenton
| Walk facts | Details |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Location: | Ealing, Harrow, Brent |
| Start: | Rockware Avenue, Greenford (GR 150-839) Get there with Journey Planner |
| Finish: | South Kenton station (GR 173-870) |
| Factor: | Capital Ring Section 9: Greenford to South Kenton |
| Recommended direction: | Southwest to northeast |
| Terrain and surface: | Mostly level but with some fairly steep ascents and descents. On tarmac and rough paths or tracks, grass and pavements. One stile. 3.2km (2.0ml) beside roads |
| Points of Interest: | Paradise Fields Wetlands, Grand Union Canal, Horsenden Hill, Horsenden Wood, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Harrow School, Northwick Park |
| Signage: | Not signed at time of writing |
| Temporary Diversions: | |
| Refreshments and toilets: | Pubs at Greenford, Horsenden Hill, Sudbury Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill and South Kenton. Cafes at Greenford, Horsenden Hill and Harrow-on-the-Hill. Public toilets at Horsenden Hill Golf Club |
| Public transport and breakpoints: | LU/NR: Greenford, Harrow-on-the-Hill, South Kenton. LU only: Sudbury Hill. Buses at all these points plus Whitton Avenue and Watford Road |
| Links with other walks: | Grand Union Canal Walk |
| How to get the map: | Download it from www.walklondon.org.uk or call 0870 240 6094 |
| Principal promoters: | London Walking Forum, LB Ealing, LB Harrow, LB Brent |
Walk details:
- A very interesting section with some climbing and fine views.
- It starts beside the Westway Cross Shopping Park near Greenford station, and you soon enter Paradise Fields Wetlands, cleverly converted from the former Greenford Golf Course, where there is a pondlife viewing platform.
- You join the Grand Union Canal Walk to share its towpath as far as Horsenden Hill.
- The route crosses a shoulder of Horsenden Hill with good views, but for an even better panoramic view you can divert at several points (on long flights of steps or a steep slope) to the summit at altitude 85m (279ft).
- You descend through Horsenden Wood then follow roads through Sudbury Hill before starting the long and sometimes steep climb to the old village of Harrow-on-the-Hill.
- Here, in term-time, straw-hatted boys from Harrow School mingle with tourists and visiting parents in the tearooms and antique shops.
- You pass the scattered buildings of the venerable old school, then descend on grass across its playing fields to cross busy Watford Road, where great care is needed.
- Finally you follow tracks past the straggling buildings of Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals, then cross Northwick Park itself and a golf course to South Kenton station.
