Welcome to the website of the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Ramblers Club which in 2020 achieved  90 years of happy rambling in the Home Counties and further afield. Unfortunately the advent of Covid 19 prevented a suitable celebration but every time the law allowed the Sunday rambles took place and were well attended and enjoyed by our members.

 

Please see details below of Madeleine Farren's ramble on Saturday 28 June 2025 and three rambles in July to be led by Brian Falls, Philip Groves and Maurice Hickman.
 
Ramble : Letchworth Circular Saturday 5th July 2025.         
 
Leader Brian Falls
Meet: Letchworth Garden City Station Entrance at 10.42.
Coffee: Cadwell Lavender Farm.
Lunch: Two Chimneys pub, Letchworth. Good menu , inexpensive.
Tea: Standalone Farm.
Distance: 7.5 - 8 miles. good views across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, one easy slope to walk up after visiting Lavender Farm.
Fare: £17 return (without concessions) from St Pancras International (trains also from Kings Cross).
Depart: 10.01 St Pancras International (stops at stations through London and further south) Arrive 10.42 Letchworth Garden City.
Return: Every 30 minutes from Letchworth Garden City to St Pancras (also stations south) and Kings Cross.
 
 
Sunday 13th July 2025  (OS Map 122)
Leader: Philip Groves (mobile number 07736060254)
NB By his calculations, this walk will be Philip's 50th walk as a Club leader and this year marks 30 years since his first in 1995!  All are welcome!
Meet: London Victoria at 9.30 for 9.46 train to Lewes arriving 10.52 
NB The leader will meet the group at Lewes
Lunch:  The Black Horse, Rottingdean or a choice of other nearby pubs/eateries
Possibility of a swim before lunch!
Tea:  The Brewer's Arms, Lewes (at end of the walk)
Distance: around 14 miles, some hills
Fare: CDR to Lewes from London Victoria £20.73 with a Gold/Network Card 
 
 
Saturday 19th July (Explorer Maps(146/147). Leader:  Maurice Hickman
Meet:  Victoria 0930 for 0950 train to Oxted(arr.1031).
Lunch:  Carpenter’s Arms, Limpsfield Chart
Tea: The King’s Arms, Westerham
Distance: 7 miles, returning by 1630 bus to Oxted.
Fare:  £10.10 with Network Card
Maurice will meet the walkers outside Oxted Station
The walk is fairly easy going on the whole.  The cost of the main pub meals are pricey but yet are good value for quality and quantity offered. There are benches in the field across the road from the pub where one’s own food can be eaten.
The King’s Arms advertises their teas and coffees and the bus stop is just outside!
 
Date Saturday 26th July 2025  Leader : Tom Gilmartin
 
Walk: Bexley Station to Petts Wood Station
Train Details: 09:45 train from London Bridge to Bexley station, also calls at Lewisham 09:55.  Arrives Bexley 10:17
 Lunch: "The Star at Sidcup"
Tea: Numerous cafes and pubs at the end of the walk in Petts Wood.
Distance : 7 miles
Fare : Freedom and Oyster card options available.
Tom will meet the walkers at Bexley Station. The  walk follows the River Cray, Scadbury Park , and Petts Wood. Level terrain, no hills or stiles to negotiate. Toilet facilities at London Bridge station.
 
 
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You can find more information about the club and its activities by clicking on any of the menu items across the top and down the right hand side of your screen. From these items you will have access to over 800 pages of information including ramble programmes from 1966 to the present, photographs taken on many rambles and club holidays, some dating from as far back as the early 1950s, and a history of the club from its foundation in 1930 to 1999 when the most recent history was published.