Outdoors
Foodscape: own a vertical plot in London’s first urban farm
The UK’s first inner city farm of its kind has launched its pilot in Rochester Square NW1
Take a literary tour of these inspiring local blue plaques
Freelance reporter Jennifer Rigby plots a self-guided north London city hike with a purpose
Take a ZSL perimeter safari in NW1 – for nada
Yes, it’s well worth supporting the Zoo’s valuable conservation efforts. But there’s nothing wrong with a free circuit around its fence, right?
Cute doggie alert! Hounds on the Heath is this weekend
ayhew Animal Home are back this Sunday with their now annual doggy day out Hounds on the Heath, a fairly irresistible gathering for all London’s …
In Pictures: a hot summer evening on Parliament Hill
It might be scorchio on Hampstead Heath this week – but it’s still much cooler than the rest of the city
Free Weekend? Follow a highwayman’s trail through Epping Forest
From Boadicia to Dick Turpin, this ancient wood has seen it all. Stephen Emms takes the tube there for a weekend stroll
Free Week? Walk the 78 Mile Capital Ring
No airport hassles, no glum faces and no half-hearted compulsion to extract historical interest from an unknown city. Stephen Emms sets off on a week-long hike around London
Free Weekend? Walk Around The Circle Line
It’s 14 miles. And takes the best part of an hour on the tube. But what if you walk it instead?
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