Introducing the London Loop

The complete London Loop is a 150-mile circuit divided into 24 sections. This enjoyable walk explores the edges of London passing through beautiful open spaces such as Hainault Forest Country Park and Bushy Park. The Loop also passes close to many historic sites and buildings. The start and finish of all sections are accessible by public transport. Click here for an overview of the route.

Download your free walk guidance here (Updated December 2024)

Click on the title of a section, in the table below, to download the pdf file of walk guidance. Note that the distances in the table include the station links at the start and finish of each walk.

During 2020 - 21, Ramblers volunteers revised the text of the original TfL walk guides including the maps and the details about transport and other facilities for all sections of the Loop. All the files were rechecked and republished here - first in May 2022 and again in May 2023. Most recently all were checked again with the result that all but three of the files were updated in December 2024 and republished in February 2025. The PDFs are in a form that can be accessed by screen readers to help walkers with impaired vision.

You can download a certificate to show that you have completed the whole of the London Loop from the TfL web site.

Check up on any short term issues affecting the route

Ramblers volunteers, called Loop Leaders, monitor all sections of the Loop with the aim of ensuring that they are properly maintained and improved for the public to enjoy. We report on the London Loop news page of this web site any short term changes that make it difficult to walk any of the sections. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.of any problems that you come across so that we can warn other walkers - including a photo if that is possible.

Give us your feedback - please

Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.if you think that there are places where we need to update the guidance you have downloaded from this site.

Further information

We have published an alternative guide to all sections of the Loop in the free Go Jauntly app. Each section is described with step-by-step images and text with a link to a map view.

The London Loop was originally launched in 2001 by the London Walking Forum. It was maintained for some years by Transport for London but is now the responsibility of the authorities through which the sections pass. See the guidebook by Colin Saunders for further background information about the Loop and alternative walking guidance.

A new guidebook by Henry Stedman was published in the Summer of 2021 as part of the series of Trailblazer guides.