Turkey Street Short Walk

London’s first Beaver Enclosure, several scenic waterways, a park and some fine woods as well as some impressive country estates open to the public

History

This is a list of previous times this walk has been done by the club (since Jan 2010). For more recent events (since April 2015), full details are shown.

Date	Option	Post	#	Weather
Mon, 05-May-25		Bank Holiday Walk - London’s first Beaver Enclosure, several scenic waterways, a park and some fine woods as well as some impressive country estates open to the public: Turkey Street Circular [New Walk]

Monday 05-May-25

Bank Holiday Walk - London’s first Beaver Enclosure, several scenic waterways, a park and some fine woods as well as some impressive country estates open to the public: Turkey Street Circular [New Walk] ?

Thomas G

Length: 14.8 km (9.2 mi) with 150m ascent/descent with all extensions, shorter and longer walks possible

Net Walking Time: 4 hrs (plus time spent in the gardens or houses)

Take the 10.15 Overground train to Cheshunt from Liverpool Street (all stations via Stoke Newington and Seven Sisters (Victoria Line), arrives 10.47.

Return trains : xx.07 and xx.37. Turkey Street is in Zone 6.

This is an interesting route just inside the M25 in the far north of London, in the Borough of Enfield. It combines several scenic waterways, a park and some fine woods as well as a couple of impressive country estates open to the public.

Highlights include a short stretch of The New River and longer stretches along its long de-commissioned Old Course, the Whitewebbs Loop, the (optional and daytime only) route through the Myddelton House Gardens, the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre, London’s first Beaver Enclosure, the semi-natural ancient woodland at Whitewebbs Park including a stretch along the meandering Cuffley Brook, the Flash Lane Aqueduct which carried the New River across the brook, the Rendlesham Railway Viaduct (on a short detour), the Turkey Brook meandering through Hilly Fields Park as well as through the Forty Hall Estate and the views of Forty Hall.

Longer routes through Whitewebbs Wood, Hilly Fields Park and the Forty Hall Estate are described, as are two link routes to/from SWC Short Walk 10 (Trent Country Park and Enfield Chase).

Eat/Drink : Bowles Tea Room at Myddelton House Gardens , located 1.2 km into the walk on the Myddelton House and Gardens option; Whitewebbs Café, located 4.2 km into the walk; Toby Carvery in Whitewebbs House , located 5.0 km into the walk, 100m off route through trees on the Whitewebbs Wood Extensions; The Rose & Crown Country Pub & Kitchen , located 3.2 km from the end of the Main Walk (no hot food on BH Mondays); Cedar Tree Café Forty Hall, located 2.0 km from the end of the walk on the last of the optional extensions.

For walk directions, map, photos, and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.66