The 10 Best Walks Near London

The eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson famously said: ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’. Well, maybe – but even the most ardent lovers of city life feel the need to escape it once in a while, and Dr Johnson himself was no exception. Fortunately, there are some stunning walks within easy reach of England’s capital, and since travel is considerably quicker now than it was back in Johnson’s day, most of them can be reached in an hour or less. There’s plenty to go at too. From easy countryside rambles to more strenuous and challenging hill walks, the South East of England boasts a far greater variety of trails and landscapes than you might think.Here's a collection of the best options, as chosen by our writer, Matt Jones.