Green Chain Walk
Waymarked Way · Greater London
1,500
XP
a 4-day route
"A network of straight and circular walks across South East London, the route takes in dozens of woods and parks—stretching from the River Thames to Nunhead Cemetery, the Green Chain Walk spans the fields, parks and woodlands across 50 miles of the area."
600 m
300 m
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Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Waze- Green Chain Walk section 1 · 5.9 km
- Green Chain Walk section 2 · 7.3 km
- Green Chain Walk section 3 · 5.1 km
- Green Chain Walk section 4 · 10.8 km
- Green Chain Walk section 5 · 8.7 km
- Green Chain Walk section 6 · 7 km
- Green Chain Walk section 7 · 7.4 km
- Green Chain Walk section 8 · 9 km
- Green Chain Walk section 9 · 10 km
- Green Chain Walk section 10 · 6.5 km
- Green Chain Walk section 11 · 16.6 km
Hilly walk
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
1154 m
Drop
1211 m
Highest
130 m
Lowest
1 m
Walking time
about 23 h 16 min
A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 11% for 200 m near the end, comes down 14% for 250 m near the end.
Uphill: Climbs 14% for 250 m early on, comes down 11% for 200 m early on.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
How the 106.8 km splits
Flat
73.6 km
Climbing
15.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Descending
17.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
Capital Ring
Shares 14.0 km of path · meets at km 6.8, 7.3, 7.6…208.59 km
Explore Charlton Trail
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 50.8, 52.8, 53.4…3.68 km
Literary Heritage Trail
Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 14.6, 15.4, 15.7…3.31 km
link to West Dulwich station
Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 4.5, 87.8, 91.1…3.13 km
link to Brockley station
Starts here too · Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 81.8, 83.41.35 km
Green Chain Walk section 8 (Chinbrook Link)
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 76.3, 77.0, 77.31.43 km
link to Charlton station (section 4A)
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 50.9, 51.3, 51.6…1.44 km
link to Erith station
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 34.3, 35.0, 35.11 km
Jubilee Greenway
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 54.3, 54.5, 54.964.19 km
Waterlink Way
Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 10.510.12 km