Stratford Olympic park to Hampstead heath about 13.5 miles
This is the second part of a walk that has seen us cover 30 miles - all the way from Stratford Village to Wembley park. for the first part of the walk please visit http://canvins.com/london/hampstead1html.html All pictures on this page By Mitch.


To the west of Stoke Newington lies Abney park and the very strange overgrown Cemetery, the old paths and tomb stones make a strange erie sight as you walk towards the old Chapel in the centre. There are nearly 200,000 burials in the graveyard with the most famous being William Booth founder of the Salvation army.
Parklands.
Two huge parks are on route one being Clissold park and then Finsbury park a 110-acre public park in the London Borough of Haringey. You would not think you were in London walking through leafy well planted avenues in the park, you will also find a small boating lake and a cafe and toilets near to the centre.
Parkland Walk
A large 4.5mile long walkway that follows the old railway line that run from Finsbury park to Alexandra palace. You will find the abandoned station at crouch end. The railway stopped using the line for passengers in 1957 but some of it stayed open for freight traffic up until 1964. The walk is a local nature reserve and a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It was declared a local nature reserve in 1990 and is London's longest such reserve
Highgate cemetery
The cemetery lies on both sides of the Swain's Lane and is called the east and West cemetery , with entrance fees of £4 to visit the east side. I wanted to visit the burial site of Karl Marx for some time and you will have no problem finding it amongst the old tomb stones and overgrown walkways. It is a strange erie place and shows the way that the victorian’s used to remember the dead with the eleabarte Stones its worth a visit if you are down this way.
After a short walk you will come to Hampstead Heath and a walk uphill to the top of Parliament hill with great vies over the city of London. A great walk this one and with tired legs we made for Hampstead overground station towards West Hampstead then back to Dollis hill where we park the car.