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The Friends of the Parkland Walk (or FPW) are a group of volunteers committed to protecting the Parkland Walk, a narrow strip of former railway land that is now designated as Metropolitan Open Land (MOL).
As well as monitoring activity on and around the walk to ensure it flourishes as a nature reserve and protecting its borders from encroachments and potentially damaging developments, we are also keen to organise activities so that you, the general public, who effectively own this land, can get the most from it.
Follow the Future events link (left) to find a list of upcoming activities — we welcome your participation. You can join the Friends or subscribe to our newsletter by following the links in the 'About' section and you'll find plenty of information about the nature of the Walk, its history and how we can all play our part in ensuring this rare piece of natural land remains unspoilt and a valuable asset to our community.
Finally if you would like to contribute to the site with comments, suggestions, articles, photographs or anything else, please contact the webmaster.
The Parkland Walk is in two walkable sections. It runs from Alexandra Park to Highgate Wood in the north (0.7km, 0.4 miles) and from Highgate Station to Finsbury Park in the south (2.8k, 1.75 miles). The complete walk between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace is 7.2 km (4.5-mile).
It was part of the former Great Northern Railway suburban branch line system out of King's Cross and left the main line at Finsbury Park for Alexandra Palace. There were other branches to High Barnet and Edgware, some of which are still in use as part of the Northern Line of the Underground.
GoogleMap
For a more detailed Google map with clickable icons giving you snippets of information about the walk, select Parkland Walk map from the menu