London to Amsterdam Expedition
14-27 April 2013
All stages available for booking. Please email your requested dates to david@englishcountrywalks.com ASAP.
| Stage | Day | Date | Theme | Start | Finish | Map | Distance | Waypoints | Lunch | Overnight |
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| 1 | Sunday | 14 April 2013 | Tracing the River Fleet | The National Gallery | Hampstead Village |
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16.673km/10.360mi | River Thames, South Bank, Blackfriars, Smithfield Market, Kings Cross, Camden Town, Kentish Town, Hampstead Heath | St Pancras Grand, Kings Cross | La Gaffe, Hampstead |
| 2 | Monday | 15 April 2013 | The Capital Ring | Hampstead Village | Stratford |
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21.326km/13.251mi | Kenwood House, Highgate, Abandoned Railway, Finsbury Park, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Clapton, Walthamstow Marshes, Lea Bridge, Olympic Park | Homa, Stoke Newington | Premier Inn, Stratford |
| 3 | Tuesday | 16 April 2013 | Leaving London | Stratford | Chingford |
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19.415km/12.064mi | The Greenway, West Ham, Forest Gate, Wanstead Flats, Snaresbrook, Highams Park, The Ching | Provender, Wanstead | Premier Inn, Chingford |
| 4 | Wednesday | 17 April 2013 | Epping Forest | Chingford | Epping |
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13.460km/8.364mi | Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Magpie Hill, Dick Turpin's Hideout, Loughton Camp, Bellringers Hollow, Ambresbury Banks, Epping Thicks | The Robin Hood, Loughton | The Gate House, Epping |
| 5 | Thursday | 18 April 2013 | A Dark Age Relic | Epping | High Ongar |
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16.162km/10.043mi | Steward's Green, Coopersale, Mount Wood, Toot Hill, Greensted Church, Chipping Ongar, Ongar Castle | The Green Man, Toot Hill | Mulberry House, High Ongar |
| 6 | Friday | 19 April 2013 | Pleshey Castle and The Green Lanes | High Ongar | Chatham Green |
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29.966km/18.620mi | River Roding, Cannon's Green, Willingale Churches, Shellow Bowells, Pepper's Green, Good Easter, Stagden Cross, Pleshey Castle, Great Waltham, River Chelmer | The Punch Bowl, High Easter | Windmill Motor Inn, Chatham Green |
| 7 | Saturday | 20 April 2013 | Temples and Abbeys | Chatham Green | Coggeshall |
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28.013km/17.406mi | Little Leighs, Great Leighs, Fuller Street, Flack's Green, Terling, Fairstead, White Notley, Cressing Temple, River Blackwater, Coggeshall Abbey | The Square and Compasses, Fuller Street | The White Hart Hotel, Coggeshall |
| 8 | Sunday | 21 April 2013 | The Colne Valley | Coggeshall | Colchester |
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24.548km/15.253mi | Paycocke's House, Houchin's Farm, East Gores, Great Tey, River Colne, Fordstreet, West Bergholt, Lexden Lodge, Dutch Quarter, Colchester Castle | The Chequers, Great Tey | The George Hotel, Colchester |
| 9 | Monday | 22 April 2013 | Constable Country | Colchester | Dedham |
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22.790km/14.161mi | Carter's Vineyards, Boxted, Rivers Hall, Langham, Dedham Mill | Carter's Vineyards, Carter's Farm | The Sun Inn, Dedham |
| 10 | Tuesday | 23 April 2013 | Maritime Essex | Dedham | Harwich |
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30.510km/18.958mi | River Stour, Castle House, Shir Burn, Lawford Hall, Mistley Towers, Mistley Heath, Bradfield, Wrabness Nature Reserve, Copperas Bay, Ramsey, Little Oakley, South Hall Creek, Dovercourt Bay | The Village Maid, Bradfield | Stena Hollandica, North Sea Crossing |
| 11 | Wednesday | 24 April 2013 | Vermeer and the Delft School | Hoek van Holland | Delft |
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29.036km/18.042mi | Staelduinse Bos, Westerlee, De Lier, Schipluiden | Theetuin de Bongaard, De Lier | Bridges House Hotel, Delft |
| 12 | Thursday | 25 April 2013 | Escher and Rembrandt | Delft | Leiden |
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30.255km/18.800mi | Vrijenban, Rijswijk, Den Haag, Haagse Hout, Leidschendam, Voorschoten, Leiden | Basaal, Den Haag | Aboard boat |
| 13 | Friday | 26 April 2013 | The Garden of Europe | Leiden | Haarlem |
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33.963km/21.104mi | Kagerplassen, Lisse, Keukenhof, Hillegom, Cruquius, Heemstede, Haarlem | Ristorante Il Mulino, Lisse | Aboard boat |
| 14 | Saturday | 27 April 2013 | Venice of the North | Haarlem | Amsterdam |
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31.852km/19.792mi | Slachthuisbuurt, Zwanenburg, Lijnden, Sloten, Vondelpark, Rijksmuseum | Restaurant Syriana, Amsterdam | Hotel Fita, Amsterdam |