On Saturday 1 March 2025, we will be coming together to walk in Epping Forest in support of the Super Rare campaign and PNH Support. This year is the 10 year anniversary of PNH Support which is run voluntarily by patients, for patients! 

We’ll walk to High Beach in Epping Forest for lunch where you can opt to either taxi back to Chingford station (or wherever your car is parked) or join us for the walk back. Dogs and children are welcome.  If you have very young kids, you could join us at a car park half-way to the pub (or at the pub) for a short walk option.   

We will meet at 11am at Bury Road Car Park, 5 minutes walk from Chingford Station (Station Road, Chingford, Greater London E4 6AL) and where we will start the walk and arrive at High Beach in Epping Forest for lunch. After lunch we’ll walk back to Bury Road Car Park. 

There are free public toilets at High Beach. 

Walk 

The route for the walk is from Chingford to High Beach in Epping Forest and is approximately 1 to 1.5 hour’s walk each way (4.1 km or 2.5 miles each way) but this will of course depend on how fast you walk.  This map is an approximation but indicates the route we will take  https://maps.app.goo.gl/RKayv3CMF5ZtbsMC8 

The route is quite flat with a medium uphill gradient as we approach High Beach. It can get muddy so sensible footwear are recommended.   

After lunch we will walk back to Chingford station but if you only wanted to do a short walk, you could take a 10 minute taxi back to Chingford station or your car.  

 If you walk there and back and stop for lunch, we estimate we will be back at Chingford at approximately 3 to 3.30pm. 

 Donate 

Please make a donation on our JustGiving page to support people living with PNH.  

 Food 

At High Beach (the destination for the walk and where we will stop for lunch) there is the following options for food: 

• A gastropub: The Kings Oak Hotel Paul’s Nursery Road, High Beach, Essex. IG10 4AE with a wide variety of food options and both indoor and outdoor seating. Let us know if you want to eat here by completing the form below so we can book a table (probably outside). The pub is not dog friendly so those with furry friends will need to eat outside. 

• The Oyster Shack & Seafood Bar next to the pub which doesn’t take reservations and has a few indoor tables and outdoor seating. Serves hot and cold seafood. 

• The Kings Oak Cafe is also next the pub, is a takeaway cafe and has outdoor seating. They sell both cold and hot drinks, sandwiches and burgers (including vegetarian and vegan), hot dogs and chips. 

Travelling by Train: 

• Chingford Station, Station Road, Chingford, E4 6AL. This station is at the end of the “Weaver Line” on the Overground (map here). The walk starts 5 minutes walk from Chingford Station at the Bury Road Car Park. 

Parking 

Chingford (where the walk starts) 

• Bury Road Car Park, Parking lot, 4 Bury Rd, London E4 7QJ (run by Horizon Parking Ltd for the City of London Corporation, Epping Forest) – 4 mins walk from Chingford Station and right at the start of the walk. Pay by RingGo app or call 0207 7110 0000 Tariff: 

• • Up to an hour £1.50 

• • Up to 2 hours £2.50 

• • Up to 4 hours £4 

• • Up to 6 hours £6 

• Chingford Golf Course Car Park, Bury Rd, London E4 6AR (next to the Bury Road Car Park and 5 mins walk from Chingford Station). It has the same tariff and payment methods as Bury Road Car Park. 

High Beach (our destination and where we will stop for lunch. If anyone wants to meet us there or only walk some of the way they could can park here): 

• Pillow Mounds Car Park, Rushey Pln, Waltham Abbey, Loughton IG10 4AE (run by Horizon Parking Ltd for the City of London Corporation, Epping Forest) – opposite the pub. Pay by RingGo app or call 0207 7110 0000
• Tariff: 

• • Up to an hour £1.50 

• • Up to 2 hours £2.50 

• • Up to 4 hours £4 

• • Up to 6 hours £6 

• High Beach Visitor Centre Carpark (only has 12 carparks), High Beech, Waltham Abbey, Loughton IG10 4AE (behind the pub next to the visitor’s centre), It has the same tariff and payment methods as Pillow Mounds Car Park. 

 

This is one of our trustees, Andy having a great time on a Super Rare walk.

RSVP 

Please RSVP to let us know you are joining the walk using this short form so we know who is coming and whether we should a book to eat at the pub.

Everyone is welcome to come, whether you are friends, family, locals, or people who have experience of a super rare condition like PNH.