Get Hackney Healthy Hackney Wild Walks A lovely circular Hackney Marsh walk with woods and wide open spaces, bumps to ride & Kingsmead: and a boulder to climb. Look out for one of boats, bumps & boulders the amazing adventure playgrounds. Left after the footbridge, into Daubeney Fields park, Cross the grass, round the football pitch, where players make their mark. There’s the Daubeney Road bridge, appearing into sight, The Water Jugglers sculpture should be on your right. Turning to your left now, cross the bridge you shall, You’ve reached the half-way point, once you’re over the canal. Key: Start Route of walk Ol’Salty You can take a short diversion, through the woods on your right, Daubeney Count the canal You’ll find Hackney Marshes: a great boats! place to fly a kite! Fields How many can you see? Which one has Hackney Marshes the best name? To Hackney Adventure Marshes Centre Playground Leave the park through (Toilets and Café) Can you see the adventure the car gate, onto playground, an excellent thing? Kingsmead Way Where you can climb up a Cross only when it’s safe, tower or swing on a swing. and when your grown-up It’s your place to dig, dream, says “ok”. See this amazing laugh, run and play, tree with lots of Press on south, and keep trunks! It’s called What kind of adventure will you Hackney Bumps steady on your feet, an elder. How have today? Remember to look left and many other right when crossing types of tree can Meeson Street! you see? Next stop on the route is You’re almost at the finish, just Hackney Bumps, 300 metres more, A skate park for scooters Some secrets are awaiting if you to ride over lumps. Community go past number four. For boarders to speed Garden Can you see on your right there and swoop up the humps, is a small passage to enter? Can you see the slate And BMX bikers to practice on top of the bridge Behind it lies a garden, playground their jumps. as you cross? Turn left and community centre. down the steps onto the canal path (or KINGSMEAD walk on and next left WAY E9 if you want to avoid London Borough of Hackney Kingsmead steps). That's your first 200m done! Community Centre HOMERTON ROAD E9 London Borough of Hackney Start at Bus Stop B, outside Malmsmead House where Kingsmead Way meets Homerton Road. Can Is this big rock an asteroid you see the tall building from space? with red and yellow Or the bogey from the nose panels? Walk towards it of a monstrous race? and towards the canal. It’s really an art work, of Mabley Green Cornish granite it's made. Can you climb up the sides or sit in its shade? With great thanks to Colin Shelbourn and Iain Peters, who created the original Lake District Wild Walks that inspired this project, and to Cath Prisk of Outdoor People (and her dog Charlie) who researched and mapped the walks. Words were written by Cath Prisk and Kathryn Scott..