
Walking the Tube is easier with TfL’s handy maps.
There’s never been a better time to walk in London, for two reasons. One, January is around the corner, which means you’re possibly planning another health kick (unless 2020 has finally killed off that futile desire). And two, Tier 4 means we’re being asked to avoid using public transport and walk or cycle wherever possible, meaning that it’s high time to get those pins pumping and walk the streets of London. And for just such a purpose, TfL have a set of London Underground maps showing just how many steps and how many minutes it takes to walk between each station.
Prime candidates for walking include Leicester Square to Covent Garden; at a mere 400 steps, it’s officially the most pointless Tube journey in London. Anyone’s who’s hopped on the stuffy Central line will know it’s best avoided, so Marble Arch-Bond Street (7 minutes/700 steps), Bond Street-Oxford Circus (7/700), Tottenham Court Road-Holborn (10/1000), Holborn-Chancery Lane (8/800), and St Pauls-Bank (9/900) are all routes to consider. Scenic routes such as Waterloo-Embankment (6/600), or past the shops from Hyde Park Corner to Knightsbridge (7/700), are also good options in Central London.
Still, the maps are helpful for a healthier, richer, and hopefully happier you, so do check out the step count map here, and the walking times map here. Alternatively, we’ve rounded up eight journeys you’re much better off making by foot, which you can see here!