Transport for LondonRoute details
Capital Ring Section 12: Highgate to Stoke Newington
| Walk facts | Details |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Location: | Haringey, Hackney |
| Start: | Priory Gardens, Highgate (GR 287-882) Get there with Journey Planner |
| Finish: | Stoke Newington station (GR 337-868) |
| Factor: | Capital Ring Section 12: Highgate to Stoke Newington |
| Recommended direction: | West to east |
| Terrain and surface: | Almost entirely level on firm paths and pavements, except for an avoidable steep climb on rough ground at the start. No stiles. 2.9km (1.8ml) beside roads |
| Points of Interest: | Parkland Walk, Finsbury Park, Stoke Newington Reservoirs, Clissold Park, Abney Park Cemetery |
| Signage: | Not signed at time of writing |
| Temporary Diversions: | |
| Refreshments and toilets: | Pubs at Highgate, Manor House, Woodberry Down and Stoke Newington. Cafes at Highgate, Crouch End Hill, Finsbury Park, Manor House, Woodberry Down, Clissold Park and Stoke Newington. Public toilets at Finsbury Park and Clissold Park |
| Public transport and breakpoints: | LU: Highgate, Finsbury Park, Manor House. NR: Crouch Hill, Finsbury Park, Harringay Green Lanes, Stoke Newington. Buses at all these points plus Crouch End Hill and Lordship Grove |
| Links with other walks: | Parkland Walk, New River Path |
| How to get the map: | Download it from www.walklondon.org.uk or call 0870 240 6094 |
| Principal promoters: | London Walking Forum, LB Haringey, LB Hackney |
Walk details:
- Easy walking in surroundings that are surprisingly green in such a densely populated part of London.
- This is largely achieved by following most of the Parkland Walk (London's longest nature reserve) along a former railway line among trees and shrubs.
- You come on to this very soon after the start near Highgate station - by using its Archway Road exit you avoid the steep climb mentioned in grid, which is only necessary for those continuing from Section 11 to Section 12.
- After crossing the main East Coast railway line into Finsbury Park, you leave the Parkland Walk and skirt a small lake.
- A long road stretch leads between the two Stoke Newington Reservoirs, where you cross the New River Path, and into Clissold Park.
- Fittingly you pass between two historic churches into Stoke Newington Church Street, whose cosmopolitan atmosphere is fed by a range of ethnic cuisines.
- Finally comes the wonderfully eerie Abney Park Cemetery, now a nature reserve, with drunkenly leaning tombstones surrounded by a wealth of trees and shrubs.
