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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Northolt and Wembley.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Northolt and Wembley.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
There are currently no problems reported with this route.
Downloads - 9
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| Grade 2: Mostly smooth and compacted surfaces, but there may be some loose gravel, muddy patches or cobbles. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
Facilities in the middle third of this route.
Challenges
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Obstacles
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Accessibility
Is this route step and stile free?
Measurements
Surveyors were asked to measure the narrowest and steepest parts of paths.
The narrowest part of the path is 130.0cm (2)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 9.0% (2)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 9.0% (2)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 3.0% (2)
We don't have clear data on the waymarking (2)
Successfully completed
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Terrain
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100.0% of the route is on roads (2)
100.0% of the route is lit at night (2)
100.0% of the route is paved (2)
There is no data on muddiness
There is no data on rough ground
There is no data on long grass
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Northolt
Grid Ref
TQ1322484506
Lat / Lon
51.54810° / -0.36848°
Easting / Northing
513,224E / 184,506N
What3Words
follow.navy.glove
Wembley
Grid Ref
TQ1819185092
Lat / Lon
51.55235° / -0.29668°
Easting / Northing
518,191E / 185,092N
What3Words
marker.rental.rocket
Norwem One's land is
| Northolt | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ1322484506 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.54810° / -0.36848° |
| Easting / Northing | 513,224E / 184,506N |
| What3Words | follow.navy.glove |
| Wembley | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ1819185092 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.55235° / -0.29668° |
| Easting / Northing | 518,191E / 185,092N |
| What3Words | marker.rental.rocket |
| Green urban | 9.0% |
| Urban | 91.0% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Derick Rethans
15 Jan 2023I walked this on a overcast Saturday afternoon, with one rain shower, from Northolt to Wembley.
It's a pretty dull route, with little green. From Northolt it follows a residential crescent (photo #1), and turns at the church on the hill (photo #2). The rest is pretty much residential streets, some busy roads, and parades of shops (photo #3). The only bit of green is going up Horsenden Hill (photo #4) where it follows the Capital Ring for a short bit. After another parade of shops on Whitten Avenue West, you walk up onto a bridge to cross the tube, where there was quite a fair view (photo #5), before going past Sudbury Town tube station (photo #6) to continue along Harrow Road, and along Barham Park (photo #7) to end up at the busy Wembley Central station.
It's a fair route, but boring, and little green.
Martin McGovern
03 Jan 2023I walked from Wembley to Northolt. After the Wembley/Sudbury section, most of the route is through suburban streets, though there's one short section of greenery through Horsenden Hill. The route is predominantly through housing built in the inter-war period, during the large-scale expansion of London suburbs. These are punctuated occasionally by the appearance of small parades of shops, like the one in the picture in Sudbury.
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Strider
19 Nov 2021I walked from Northolt to Wembley. This is a short walk through suburban and residential streets. There is a short section alongside Horsenden Hill and I was tempted to take a detour through the woods. There is also Barham park which could be walked through rather than past. Despite this there is plenty of interest in the buildings of all eras from 1850's to the present, ending in an equally eclectic mix of shops at Wembley.
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Derick Rethans
15 Jan 2023For some reason, photo #3 didn't make it, so subtract "1" from the descriptions for photos 4-7!
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