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Via Cranford Lane, Cranford Park, the Paddington Arm of the GU Canal, and Southall Broadway.
I made this route in response to Harsou One, which I felt was poorly drawn and could be more pleasantly overall.
Leave Southall along the Broadway, with its Indian shops selling clothes, and food, and shiny furnishing accessories. Then the Grand Union Canal towpath - this is the posh Paddington arm of the canal and the towpath is in decent condition.
The canal eventually merges with the Grand Union main line, and then the route climbs up a long pedestrian/cycle ramp to a very busy road called the Parkway, which at least serves to connect to Cranford Park. This marvellous green space so close to Heathrow airport is one of London's surprise secrets!
Cross the park, and the M4, and then walk along Cranford Lane to Harlington. Cranford Lane is a long straight back road, which is relatively quiet compared with the juggernauts of the massive A roads, motorways and bypasses which serve Heathrow.
A really pleasant walk linking the busy west London area of Southall with the first of several Heathrow satellite villages which still retain their individual nature
Via Cranford Lane, Cranford Park, the Paddington Arm of the GU Canal, and Southall Broadway.
I made this route in response to Harsou One, which I felt was poorly drawn and could be more pleasantly overall.
Leave Southall along the Broadway, with its Indian shops selling clothes, and food, and shiny furnishing accessories. Then the Grand Union Canal towpath - this is the posh Paddington arm of the canal and the towpath is in decent condition.
The canal eventually merges with the Grand Union main line, and then the route climbs up a long pedestrian/cycle ramp to a very busy road called the Parkway, which at least serves to connect to Cranford Park. This marvellous green space so close to Heathrow airport is one of London's surprise secrets!
Cross the park, and the M4, and then walk along Cranford Lane to Harlington. Cranford Lane is a long straight back road, which is relatively quiet compared with the juggernauts of the massive A roads, motorways and bypasses which serve Heathrow.
A really pleasant walk linking the busy west London area of Southall with the first of several Heathrow satellite villages which still retain their individual nature
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
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Start and end points
Harlington
Grid Ref
TQ0869277667
Lat / Lon
51.48752° / -0.43592°
Easting / Northing
508,692E / 177,667N
What3Words
held.flows.buddy
Southall
Grid Ref
TQ1283380399
Lat / Lon
51.51126° / -0.37543°
Easting / Northing
512,833E / 180,399N
What3Words
lively.ladder.gains
Harlington | |
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Grid Ref | TQ0869277667 |
Lat / Lon | 51.48752° / -0.43592° |
Easting / Northing | 508,692E / 177,667N |
What3Words | held.flows.buddy |
Southall | |
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Grid Ref | TQ1283380399 |
Lat / Lon | 51.51126° / -0.37543° |
Easting / Northing | 512,833E / 180,399N |
What3Words | lively.ladder.gains |
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reviews
Derick Rethans
15 Dec 2024I walked this from Harlingon to Southall, on a bright winter day. There had only been little rain in the previous week.
From Harlington, the route starts alongside a road for a while (photo #1). Not unsafe, but not very nice (photo #2). This doesn't take very long, before the route goes north through Cranford Country Park (photo #3). Good easy grass to walk on. At the north side it joins up with the Hillingdon Trail and London LOOP for a while. A path takes you east of residential streets until you get to an annoyingly busy roundabout (with safe crossings, photo #4), and a big wide road (photo #5) to get you across the Grand Union Canal.
The Canal section is nice (photo #6), although you soon leave the main canal to follow the Paddington Branch (photo #7). Lots of new housing, with plenty of more space for new developments too. Once you get to the town, The Broadway (photo #8) gets you into the heart of Southall, with it getting busier and busier.
Aamwalk
26 Jun 2024I walked this in two stages on the same day on a sunny June morning. I write it in the Southall to Harlington direction.
This is an interesting mix of short cosmopolitan high street, canal side, woodland and meadow walk.
Joining the canal tow path is straightforward from the south or north side of The Broadway/Uxbridge Road by the territorial army centre. There is a colourful mural of local sites on the northern bridge wall (see photo).
You pass The Green Quarter housing development, which may add a new dimension once finished. At the steep Bulls Bridge you head west towards Hayes but soon turn off and go up a ramped walk way to join the A312 south (see photo), a busy duel carriageway, for a short distance before turning left at the junction and going into the northern section of Cranford Park. You walk south along the flat path into woodlands and then under the M4 to the main part of the park by St Dunstan’s Church and new park facilities that are soon to open, which will include toilets and café. There are information boards talking about the history and wildlife. I stopped here and had a picnic.
From here walk south across the meadow along grass tracks, I walked through the cow enclosure, but you can walk around. You then join Cranford lane, a quite road, turning left and continue to Harlington. From here you can walk a further leg or get buses to Hayes, Heathrow bus station and beyond. I stopped at the nice White Hart pub for a cold soft drink.
A good urban London walk.
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Jane Taylor
31 May 2022Walked Southall to Harlington. Very enjoyable walk with plenty of green space and variety.
Southall Broadway serves the local community with gorgeous Indian clothes shops, shiny home accessories, greengrocers, sweet shops, street food …. it’s very pleasant to stroll along window gazing.
Then a canal towpath, it’s reasonably clean and today there were lots of swans and ducks and geese. Great for bird spotting.
The towpath leads to a junction with the main line of the Grand Union Canal, and soon the route climbs up a long zig zag ramp to a busy ‘A’ road up above.
Luckily the road section here is short, and the pavement is wide. Soon I arrived at the entrance to Cranford Park, and a lovely green corridor, grass and woodland, with a good path, leads to an underpass beneath the M4. Then a little church, St Dunstans, by the Cranford Park visitor centre. The visitor centre is closed while a development project goes on.
More grassland, with views of planes taking off in the distance. Eventually the park runs out onto a small fairly quiet road which leads all the way to Harlington.
Plenty of buses nearby on the Bath Road.
I really enjoyed this walk and highly recommend.
Mostly good paths or pavements, Cranford Park is grassed over.
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