Pull on your walking boots, pack up your galoshes, polish off a couple of trek bars and escape the kerfuffle of London life by heading out on an adventure down one of these wonderful wintry walks…
[tailsandfur via flickr]If a walk amongst Charolais cattle, an 18th century garden and and a Great Meadow that has had only the brown cows to tend to it for years catches your fancy, then head to Osterley Park and House. You’ll find a grand driveway, Georgian mansion, swans gliding around the various lakes and a National Trust café for some light refreshment.
2. A winding walk towards the Wimbledon Windmill…
[Beoriss via flickr]This is for those looking for a lively walk full of flying golf balls and the occasional Womble. The Windmill Tearooms is a great added incentive to catch up with the cantering horses with stuffed Wombles on the counters and ‘Stuff on Toast’ on the menu.
[Doug Carpenter via flickr]This Park provides not only the most majestic walk in London, but comes complete with a Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum and you can even step across whole hemispheres over the historic Meridian Line.
[Matt brown via flickr]Birds, meadows, otters, a sand martin bank and a peacock tower for panoramic views, the oft-forgotten Wetland Centre is definitely not just for children. Though you might be slightly too large to enter the Puddle Jumping Competitions this week…
