Hiking routes around South Croydon

3 national and international routes pass within 15 km, among them North Downs Way (254 km). London Outer Orbital Path passes through South Croydon: 24 sections with 244 km mapped in all, 67 km of them within 15 km. Green Chain Walk passes through South Croydon: 37 sections with 77 km mapped in all, 50 km of them within 15 km. Of the routes listed here, the longest is Greenwich Meridian Trail, 395 km from Peacehaven, East Sussex to Sand le Mere, East Yorkshire. Regional routes account for the largest share: 470 of the 801 km of waymarked route within 15 km. Most of the 46 local routes are short walks: 34 of them are under 10 km. TfL looks after 3 of the 12 routes listed here.

• London Outer Orbital PathRegional · LOOP · 24 sections67 km within 15 km · 244 km in all · Erith to PurfleetTfL Transport for London
• Green Chain WalkRegional · G-C · 37 sections50 km within 15 km · 77 km in all · Nunhead to ThamesmeadTfL
• Greenwich Meridian TrailRegional · GMT43 km within 15 km · 395 km in all · Peacehaven, East Sussex to Sand le Mere, East YorkshireGraham & Hilda Heap
• Capital RingRegional · 16 sections40 km within 15 km · 125 km in allTfL
• Tandridge Border PathRegional38 km within 15 km · 87 km in all
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections29 km within 15 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• North Downs WayNational29 km within 15 km · 254 km in all · Farnham to DoverNational Trails
• Vanguard WayRegional · VGW23 km within 15 km · 108 km in all
• Wandle TrailLocal21 km within 15 km · East Croydon rail station to River Thames Path
• Greensand WayRegional · GW17 km within 15 km · 189 km in all
• Thames Down LinkRegional · TDL17 km within 15 km · 26 km in all
• Capital Ring (Section 03)Regional · 7 sections17 km within 15 km · Grove Park to Crystal PalaceLondon Borough of Bromley;London Borough of Lewisham;TfL

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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