"Eric" wrote in message
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On 2008-02-13, Martin Rich wrote:
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:46 +0000, Eric
wrote:

Ruislip (0.7 miles) or Ickenham (0.8 miles) - I'm not familiar with the
area but both seem easy on the map (try www.walkit.com).

Nice website in principle but in my local area (not Ruislip) I found
that it only gave me walking routes along roads, and doesn't know
about useful footpaths and alleyways.

Martin

It does in some areas - perhaps you could tell them about yours (see
http://www.walkit.com/improve.php).

Eric

It does seem to depend (to a degree) whether you ask for direct or less
busy. As a slightly extreme route I asked for Chiswick Station to St Pauls
Cathedral and it sent me straight up the Cromwell Road, Strand etc. To a
large extent the car route. Changing it to less busy it uses the Thames to
get to Hammersmith the round the back of Barons Court to get back pn the A4
before meandering up through the back streets of Kensignton to Hyde Park, St
James Park the across Westminster Bridge to come back across the pedestrian
bride that I can't remember the name of.

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"Eric" wrote in message
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On 2008-02-13, Martin Rich wrote:
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:46 +0000, Eric
wrote:

Ruislip (0.7 miles) or Ickenham (0.8 miles) - I'm not familiar with the
area but both seem easy on the map (try www.walkit.com).

Nice website in principle but in my local area (not Ruislip) I found
that it only gave me walking routes along roads, and doesn't know
about useful footpaths and alleyways.

Martin

It does in some areas - perhaps you could tell them about yours (see
http://www.walkit.com/improve.php).

Eric

It does seem to depend (to a degree) whether you ask for direct or less
busy. As a slightly extreme route I asked for Chiswick Station to St
Pauls Cathedral and it sent me straight up the Cromwell Road, Strand etc.
To a large extent the car route. Changing it to less busy it uses the
Thames to get to Hammersmith the round the back of Barons Court to get
back pn the A4 before meandering up through the back streets of Kensignton
to Hyde Park, St James Park the across Westminster Bridge to come back
across the pedestrian bride that I can't remember the name of.


And thinking about it that's wrong, isn't it? It's the allesy and
footpaths that make a route direct.

"Great Eastern" wrote in message
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I Would like to make a change from Central Line at West Ruislip (or a
station on that route) to the nearest Metropolitan Line Station.

Could anyone advise of the two which are the closest and easiest to walk?
No walking problems or anything just would like the quickest and easiest
for someone who isn't familiar with the area.

Thanks

If you're heading for Uxbridge walk to Ickenham. If heading east walk to
Ruislip. I often walk to Ickenham as the U1 bus from Ruislip/West Ruislip to
Uxbridge gets very infrequent in the evenings.