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|name= London Outer Orbital Path |photo= London Loop sign.JPG |caption= The London LOOP's logo, a flying kestrel, can be seen on the signs marking the route |location= London, England |designation= |length = 150 mi (242 km)[1] |trailheads= Circular |use= Hiking |elev_change= |highest= |lowest= |difficulty= |season= All year |sights= |hazards= }} The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 150-mile (242 km) signed walk along public footpaths,[1] and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England, described as "the M25 for walkers". The walk begins at Erith on the south bank of the River Thames and passes clockwise through Crayford, Petts Wood, Coulsdon, Banstead, Ewell, Kingston upon Thames, Uxbridge, Elstree, Cockfosters, Chingford, Chigwell, Grange Hill and Upminster Bridge before ending at Purfleet, almost directly across the Thames from its starting point. Between these settlements the route passes through green buffers and some of the highest points in Greater London. HistoryThe walk was first proposed at a meeting between The Ramblers and the Countryside Commission in 1990. It was given an official launch at the House of Lords in 1993. The first section was opened on 3 May 1996, with a ceremony on Farthing Downs, Coulsdon. Other sections followed at the rate of two or three per year as signs were installed and leaflets for individual sections published, the route becoming fully walkable in 2001. Following the election of Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London, the London Loop became one of his key routes, along with its sister route, the Capital Ring. RouteThe route is divided into 24 sections in three groups: the "blue" group in South London, the "green" group in north-west London, and the "yellow" group in north-east London. Each of the 24 sections links public transport nodes, though they vary greatly in length,[1] from {{convert|3.8|mi}} section 14 to {{convert|10|mi}} section 16. The guidebook by David Sharp adds together some of the shorter walks among the 24 to give 15 approximately equal stages, designed to be day walks. The table below shows the correspondence between the official sections and Sharp's sometimes longer walks.[2] Signposts, waymarks and information boards direct the walker along the route. In countryside locations the waymarks consist mostly of a simple white disc mounted on a wooden post, with a directional arrow and flying kestrel logo in blue and text in green. However, local authorities are responsible for funding these signs, so the quality varies from one borough to the next, with some sections not signed at all. The 54-mile blue route from Erith to Kingston is maintained by the Downlands Countryside Management Project, a joint initiative by several councils, and is complete with signs and information boards, in addition to maps available from Tourist Information Centres. There is no way to cross the river between Purfleet and Erith to complete the loop, although there was once a ferry to Erith which was mainly used by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. In 2011 a proposal for a ferry to link the ends, and to link to riverbuses upstream at Woolwich, was shortlisted in the RIBA Forgotten Spaces competition.[3] {{GeoGroupTemplate}}
Further reading
| first = David | last = Sharp | orig-year = 2001 | date = 2012 | edition = 4th | title = The London Loop | publisher = Aurum Press | isbn = 978-1-84513-787-8
|date=June 1999 | title = LOOP Walks: South London | editor = John Barber (Illustrator) | publisher = Downlands Countryside Management Project | isbn = 0-9535991-0-8 References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/loop-walk|title=London LOOP|publisher=Transport for London|accessdate=14 August 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Sharp|first=David|title=The London Loop, 3rd ed.|year=2010|publisher=Aurum Press|isbn=978-1-84513-521-8}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Pilgrim Ferry|publisher=RIBA|work=Forgotten Spaces shortlist 2011|url=http://www.architecture.com/RegionsAndInternational/UKNationsAndRegions/England/RIBALondon/EventsAndProjects/ForgottenSpaces2011/ForgottenSpacesshortlist2011/PilgrimFerry.aspx|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119052334/http://www.architecture.com/RegionsAndInternational/UKNationsAndRegions/England/RIBALondon/EventsAndProjects/ForgottenSpaces2011/ForgottenSpacesshortlist2011/PilgrimFerry.aspx|archivedate=19 January 2012|df=dmy-all}} External links{{commons category|London Outer Orbital Path}}
21 : Transport in the London Borough of Bexley|Transport in the London Borough of Bromley|Transport in the London Borough of Croydon|Footpaths in Surrey|Transport in the London Borough of Sutton|Epsom and Ewell|Transport in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames|Transport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Transport in the London Borough of Hounslow|Transport in the London Borough of Hillingdon|Transport in the London Borough of Barnet|Transport in the London Borough of Enfield|Hertsmere|Transport in the London Borough of Waltham Forest|Epping Forest District|Transport in the London Borough of Redbridge|Transport in the London Borough of Havering|Long-distance footpaths in England|Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Croydon|Footpaths in London|Footpaths in Hertfordshire |
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