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Islington U3A Longer Walks Group Islington U3A Longer Walks Group Walk Title Donkey Wood to Uxbridge (LOOP) Walk No. 155 Area London Type Linear Date Friday 8th September 2017 Distance 11 miles (18 km) including to/ from stations. Timing 5 hours walking time + travel + lunch stop. Allow 8 hours in total. Therefore should be back in Islington by 5.30 pm. Meeting up Meet at Highbury & Islington by 9.15 then we’ll take Victoria line to & travel Green Park, changing there to the Piccadilly line to Hatton Cross. If you want to go a different rout and see us there, let me know please. We’ll be at Hatton Cross for 10.25. We come back from Uxbridge tube station – Metropolitan line through Kings Cross. All within the Freedom Zone. Route This section of the LOOP is for enthusiasts of waterside walking, as over two-thirds follows canal, river or lake. It's also an easy walk on mostly level ground with a few short climbs. For full details of the walk use the link under References. In brief: (10.30) From the station it’s 5 mins along a busy road then we cut off and join the River Crane – where we left off from the previous section. See Interesting Facts 1, 2 & 3. We walk through the River Crane Park then the Cranford Country Park. IF 4,5,6,7. The route then follows the Grand Union canal (IF 8) toward Hayes & Harlington (1st drop out point). But we don’t just follow the canal all the way to Uxbridge (IF9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14). We deviate to pick up Stockley Park, then Huntsmoor Park. Then return to canalside for the last stretch to Uxbridge. Lunch Haven’t found a definite lunch stop yet. There may be possibility at Stockley Country Park or at West Drayton. Dropping out First one is at Hayes & Harlington train station (3.5mls, 6 km) with trains to Paddington. The second one is at Horton Road. Turn left onto the High Street, and cross the canal bridge. At the mini roundabout is a sign for West Drayton Rail station - the entrance is left here. Bus 350 will take you back to Hayes & Harlington from here, or 222, U1, U3 and U5 to Uxbridge (U3 also goes to Heathrow Central). (6mls, 10km). Last drop out point is West Drayton train station (7mls, 11km). Suitability Suitable for any reasonably fit regular walker. There are no particular difficulties. Terrain: generally flat with good paths. Footpaths along the River Colne can be muddy and uneven (depends if we’ve had recent rain). Possible obstacles: there is one style to cross. Comfortable waterproof walking shoes/ boots. Check weather forecast for temperature and likelihood of rain. Facilities There are no toilets at Hatton Cross station. First toilets will be at Cranford Park Information Centre. At the end, there are no toilets at Uxbridge tube station but there are some nearby in the Shopping Centre. Walk source TfL Walking site (as link below) &/or London LOOP book. Map & OS Explorer 161. other Links: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-loop-section-10.pdf references http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-loop-section-11.pdf Leader & Walk Leader: Derek Harwood contact Phone: 077 5931 4096 details e-mail: [email protected] Interesting 1. Did you know? facts The park and water meadows provide an important habitat for wildlife and the area is managed to maintain the sites diversity. Nesting, roosting and hibernating sites have been provided for birds, bats, amphibians and reptiles. Despite the low-flying aircraft overhead there is a chance that you will catch a glimpse of a kingfisher or a green woodpecker. 2. Did you know? The lands of the former parish of Cranford once surrounded this area on both sides of the River Crane. There was a bridge at this particular crossing of Bath Road before 1274 and it was considered a 'principal highway' in 1593. This lovely brick three-arched bridge was built in 1776. 3. Did you know? Cranford Park was where the Berkeley family had their ancestral home from 1618-1918, in Cranford Manor House. In 1945 the decrepit house was demolished and the 180 acre park came under the management of Hounslow Council. 4. Did you know? To the left of the children's playground is the 18th Century ha-ha, a sunken wall and ditch that separated the gardens of the Earl of Berkeley's mansion from his 1,000-acre park. These types of 'walls' were created to give the impression from the main house of a continuous strip of land beyond the boundary. 5. Did you know? A church has stood here since the Saxon times and was once the chapel of the Knights Templar. The Berkeley family claimed ownership of this church by placing the Berkeley coat-of-arms in stone on the east end. The tower of flint is topped by brick and the whole nave was rebuilt in brick by the Dowager Duchess of Berkeley after a fire in 1710. Nearby is all that remains of a curved 17th century crinkle crankle wall (also known as a serpentine wall). These walls were built only one brick thick to save materials but because of its shape they were very strong and durable. 6. Did you know? The beautifully restored 18th century stable blocks here are a reminder of what once was the headquarters of the Berkeley Hunt. This is the most impressive and complete part of the remaining buildings of Cranford Park House and gives some idea of the scale of the property. 7. Did you know? In 1960 plans were made to route the M4 through the Parish, severing St. Dunstan's Church from the north of the Parish. Failed campaigning by the church to have the M4 re-routed ended in this pedestrian sub-way being built to enable parishioners to attend church. 8. Did you know? This canal opened in 1805 and began as the Grand Junction Canal, flowing to join the Thames at Brentford (on the right) and towards Birmingham (on the left). The picturesque Grand Union Canal links London to Birmingham, which supposedly has more canals than Venice! It's the longest single canal in Britain stretching 135 miles. 9. Did you know? The smell of burnt coffee lingers in the air - not surprisingly as the Nestle Coffee Factory is here on the left. This factory opened in 1938, one year after the world's first instant coffee was invented by Nestle. 10. Did you know? We pass a traditional cast-iron milepost saying 'Braunston 87 miles. The reason behind the mileposts was to tell approaching boaters the distances to the end of the canal and to assist in the collection of tolls. The GJC letters on the milepost stands for the Grand Junction Canal, the original title of the ambitious 93 mile long canal approved by Act of Parliament in 1793 to link Braunston in Northamptonshire with Brentford in London. 11. Did you know? Stockley Park was created in the 1980s from old brickfields which were used as a dumping ground. Today it consists of a business park, country park and golf course. Over 140,000 trees and shrubs have been planted to establish the wooded areas. You will see goat or 'pussy' willow as you walk down the path. The catkins were used as Easter decorations on Palm Sunday to represent the palm fronds thrown in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem. 12. Did you know? To avoid cutting off all the roads, lanes and paths, many bridges were built. Horton Bridge is number 193. They were numbered from Birmingham, so it's the 193rd bridge from that end of the canal - an average of a bridge every two thirds of a mile. On the other side of the footbridge is a canal-side granite obelisk. It is one of the many coal tax markers that can be seen on the main trading routes into London and giving a warning that you are due to pay tax on the coal you are bringing in. The tax was introduced in 1667 to help rebuild the city after the Great Fire. 13. Did you know? The lake ahead is called 'Little Britain' because it's apparently shaped a bit like the British Isles and is part of a complex of attractive lakes with islands set between the River Colne and Fray's River. It's also home to herons - the symbol of the Colne Valley Regional Park. 14. Did you know? Today the majority of canal boats are holiday cruisers custom-built for the purpose, but until the 1950s the sight of a 'pleasure boat' was still unusual. Working boats were the norm, and most of the boat population were baffled by the idea that their commercial working waterways would become a place of leisure. .
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