Walk Swim Long walks and relaxing swims.
A Dickens of a Good Walk
Saturday 26th July 2025 – Broadstairs to Margate Swim/Walk – 6 miles Trains: High Speed Return to Margate – 9:40hrs am from London St Pancras – return 16:32hrs from Margate. Meet at the platform barrier 10mins before departure. Bring a packed lunch and swimwear. Starting at Broadstairs, this coastal walk is one of the most […]
Goring Swim/Walk 8th Sept
8th September 2024. Goring and Streatley to Cholsey, Berkshire – an easy walk through lovely surroundings with a choice of many good swimming places. Distance 4 miles. Time 2 hours. Meeting Paddington Station for the 9:49am to Goring and Streatley Sation. Returning Cholsey Station 4:16pm back to Paddington. Taken from the Wild Things Publishing London […]
Winchelsea Rye Circular Swim/Walk
Sunday 10th September 2023. An unashamedly romantic 10 mile walk through the remnants of an ancient, half-abandoned town, across desolate marshes and past a ruined castle to the coast for a swim. The historic towns of Rye and Winchelsea are famous for their cobbled streets, timber-framed houses and scenic marshland. But beyond the tourist trail […]
Ramsgate to Margate 4th September
Sunday 4th September 2022 – Ramsgate to Margate Swim/Walk – 9·8 miles The Thanet coastline plays host to fifteen sandy beaches and bays and with more Blue Flag awards than any other area of the country, you know you’re in for a real treat. What’s most surprising is how much the beaches differ from each […]
We Cam, we saw, we swam
With Covid restrictions lifted Brockwell Swimmers were able to slot in one of our Walk/Swims before the end of Summer, and a most enjoyable one it turned out to be. Well worth the wait. Eight of our entrepid gang met on the platform of Paddington Station, with another three joining us along the way, arriving […]
Summer swimming in the Cam
On Sunday 5th September Brockwell Swimmers will be following another one of the very enjoyable swim/walks from the Wild Swimming Walks book “28 lake, river and seaside days out by train from London”. This is a moderately long walk across stretches of East Anglian farmland, passing through several attractive villages with traditional thatched cottages, via […]
Going Wild for Swimming 2021
At last the wild swimming calendar is filling up with event for 2021. Here are a few you may want to try: 20th June – Lock to Lock The 4k Lock to Lock swim from Eynsham Lock to Kings Lock follows the River Thames downstream through the picturesque landscape of Wytham Woods and Oxford University […]
Chilworth to Guildford walk/swim
Please note, this date may change due to the current coronavirus situation, but is still something to look forward to when things return to normal… This fairly easy 8 mile walk crosses heathland dotted with pretty Surrey villages before dropping down to follow the Wey Navigation, where there are many swimming places. Meet at Brixton […]