Skint Adventure

We took a little (5km) autumn stroll from Clapham Junction in south west London to Victoria in central London. The air was a little chilly with some light drizzle, but it ended up being quite a lovely walk, passing through Battersea Park, across Chelsea Embankment, through Pimlico and finishing the final stretch in Vicotria.  The Arding & Hobbs building built in 1910 and designed by architect James Gibson, is a former department store and Grade II listed building.  📹  Check out these and other attractions in our Clapham Junction to Victoria Autumn Walk video on our Skint Adventure YouTube channel .  📸  See photos from this walk on our  Skint Adventure Instagram account .  Some graffiti on Chelsea Bridge 📍  Check out these key attractions on the route, in the video: Clapham Junction Station Falcon Estate Shillington Park Latchmere Leisure Centre Battersea Park Chelsea Bridge Chelsea Embankment Victoria Station 📖 FUN FACT: Each day more than 2,000 trains, over half of them stopp

What better way to end a lovely streak of warm weather than an evening walk from Elephant and Castle in south London to the picturesque Covent Garden. This was a lovely short (2.7km) walk passing by some beautiful London landmarks on the south bank, across the river via the Waterloo Bridge and ending on the cobblestoned streets of Covent Garden, at the London Transport Museum.  London Transport Museum in Covent Garden 📹  Check out these and other attractions in our Elephant and Castle to Covent Garden  Walk video on our Skint Adventure YouTube channel.  📸  See photos from this walk on our  Skint Adventure Instagram account .  A view of the River Thames from Waterloo Bridge 📍  Check out these key attractions on the route, in the video: Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre Michael Faraday Memorial Elephant and Castle station St George's Circus The Old Vic The Fire Station Waterloo Waterloo Station Odeon BFI Imax The Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women Waterloo Bridge Hay

The weather was starting to change as we set out on this picturesque 4km walk from Canada Water to Cutty Sark. This is a beautiful route looping through lush forests, under bridges and along canals.  It forms part of the Thames Path, a long distance walking trail, following the Thames river for 294 km from the source in a Cotswold meadow to the Thames Barrier in Woolwich. Starting off at Canada Water station we head across to the Stave Hill Ecological Park, passing via Greenland Dock and finally finishing at Cutty Sark. There were so many great pitstops along this route that I'd love to go back and visit, definitely one to add to your list.  📹 Check out these and other attractions in our Canada Water to Cutty Sark Walking Tour video on our Skint Adventure YouTube channel.  📸  See photos from this walk on our Skint Adventure Instagram account .  📍 Check out these key attractions on the route, in the video: Canada Water station Canada Dock Stave Hill Stave Hill Ecological Park Wa

With the biggest annual London event of the summer cancelled this year due to the current pandemic, we decided to take a walk along the usual Notting Hill Carnival parade route to see what the streets looked like without carnival. The route loops around from Ladbroke Grove, down Kensal Road, onto Elkstone Road and along to Westbourne Park. It then heads down Great Western Road onto Chepstone Road then Westbourn Grove and finishing back where we started at Ladbroke Grove.  This walk takes just over an hour and passes by some beautiful churches, really cool pubs and market stalls. It was a pretty weird experience seeing the streets so quiet at this time of year, absent of the usual revellers, floats, feathers, sound systems and jerk chicken. Instead, everything moved online this year and the streets were bare, with the exception of carnival staff and police officers ready to dissuade any potential party starters.  Check out these and other attractions in our Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Pa

We set out for this walk from Green Park Station to Kilburn Station on a slightly windy, slightly overcast summers day in the city. This is a great walk if you're keen to see some major London landmarks such as Hyde Park and Marble Arch and also get a flavour of some of the more eastern-influenced areas of this diverse city. We even managed to catch a bit of protest action at Marble Arch.  This 7km walk takes around 2hours, but factor in a bit of extra time to stop off at some of the cool locations along the way, such as Speakers Corner and Church Street Market. Check out these and other attractions in our  Green Park Station to Kilburn Station , London video  on our Skint Adventure YouTube channel. This is also a great one if you're not hot with directions as you'll end up walking in a straight line for most of this route.  📌 The key attractions on this route, that you can check out in the video , include: Green Park Green Park Station Hyde Park Park Lane Speakers Corner

We took advantage of the cooler summer weather to take a nice weekend walk from Brixton to Central London and saw some beautiful sights along the way. The current global pandemic has had a significant impact on our usual busy city of London, which meant that even the usual tourist spots were unusually quiet and uncrowded for a Saturday afternoon. This short (7.4km) walk took around 2 hours and is a lovely way to see some of South London's treasures. Check out our  Brixton to Burlington Estate Walk, London video  on our Skint Adventure YouTube channel.  🎞S t ay up to date on all our travel adventures here on the blog by hitting subscribe and make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel for our video walks. The main attractions we spotted on this route were: Brixton Station Brixton Academy Stockwell Skate Park aka 'Brixton Bowls' or 'Brixton Beach'  Stockwell War Memorial and Mural  Vauxhall Footbridge Albert Embankment Vauxhall Bridge  St. James' Park The Bo