The London Loop Leg 6
Cockfosters Station to Enfield Lock Station
Saturday, 28th April, 2007 
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The London Loop is a 140 mile walk around London and roughly just inside the M25 (although you do not see it) passing through as many green places as possible such as parks, woods, commons, riverside protected areas and open farmland. The West Essex Ramblers are covering this in about 10 mile stretches over the period 2006 to 2008. We are following the path through "The London Loop" by David Sharp, ISBN1854107593, £13 rrp.
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Some commentary on the photos,
which is also a reflection on the walk
[Road information is just to help identify where we were].
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We left Cockfosters Station and went straight into countryside (Images 1 & 2) and soon came to Trent Park (Image 3). We walked through the grounds (Image 4).
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Here is an Information Board on Enfield Chase and Trent Park. [The board was actually before image 4 of the last composite picture). It is actually a London LOOP board.
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And here is the Information Board just for Trent Country Park. I sorry it is not very clear.
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In the Country Park we walked through a field (Image 1), by a lake where Trent Park House (Image 2), now Middlesex University, is peeping above the trees and came to a historic moat - Camlet - (Image 3) which is described in the next information board. The obelisk of 1702 (Image 4) can be viewed from the house but this was taken from Hadley Road. The board of picture 3 showed the location of the obelisk (with some difficulty) as a small square, top middle, in the Farm Trail lane.
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The Information Board of the ancient Camlet moat and settlement. The board and moat are just off a path and you have to look for them!
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[We crossed Hadley Road].
We walked north of Hadley Road and passed a field (Image 1), another field (Image 2), then onto a bridge (Image 3) over Salmon's Brook and then there were more fields (Image 4).
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This was a nice rural sight of a horse which came to drink from a rather depleted water hole.
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We walked towards the Ridge Way and saw these beautiful catkins (Image 1), this graceful line of trees (Image 2), roughly the view of where we had just come (Image 3) and finally a view south to Alexandra Palace (Image 4) which is just discernible on the horizon in the middle of the image.
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[We crossed the Ridge Way after walking 100yds down it].
This is a fine view north from the Ridge Way and yet the M25 is probably in a cutting on the horizon.
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Similar view to the last one except we now went a lane to Rectory Farm.
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We passed Rectory Farm and I stood above Turkey Brook and found another pleasant scene - The Red House - to photo.
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It was not too long before we had passed under the railway, between Gordon Hill and Crews Hill stations, and were facing St John the Baptist church at the top of Clay Hill.
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Lunch was taken at the Fallow Buck (or seated in a nearby field) opposite St John the Baptist church.
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Around the back of the pub (parallel to Clay Hill) we walked through Hilly Fields. There was an open space (Image 1), a bridge over Turkey Brook (Image 2), another view of the river (Image 3) and finally a bandstand (Image 4).
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[We crossed Clay Hill].
We walked beside Whitewebbs Park and passed a bridge (Image 1) which was over an old course of the New River. We entered Forty Hall, walked again beside the Turkey Brook, and passed the "fishing" lake (Image 2) and saw a heron (Image 3) on the lake. The river had a fascinating tree root (Image 4) projecting into it.
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[We crossed Forty Hill/Bulls Cross].
This was Maidens Bridge where local legend says that Sir Walter Raleigh laid down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth 1st to step over a puddle. Just north of here is Myddelton House, named after Sir Hugh Myddelton who built the New River to supply fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire to London
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The path should have gone through the cattle tunnel of Maidens Bridge (it was sealed off on the other side) but here is a view of it anyway.
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We walked from the bridge, over the New River (underground at this point), through The Dell (Image 1) and up and over the A10 (Image 2). The Enfield Crematorium grounds (Image 3) were well maintained and the Turkey Brook (Image 4) in Turkey Street was pleasant although there was some litter about.
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We crossed the Hertford Road by The Sun and Woolpack pub (Image 1) and after a street or two were back on the Turkey Brook (Image 2). The river was messy with litter but these fish (Image 3) appeared healthy enough. Finally we walked through Albany Park (Image 4).
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Over the railway and after a few streets we were at Enfield Lock Station (the platform was visible in the picture at the rear of the train) and we were at the end of our walk.
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