Wormwood Scrubs urban hike, 3 miles

• A great opportunity to highlight one of the London's awesome features – a contrast between the urban and rural settings. • We will meet outside the Shepherd's Bush tube station and will make our way via hyper-urban Westfield, BBC television centre (pictured) and the White City place and within 10 minutes we will practically be in the middle of the forest. • Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs (or simply Scrubs), is an open space in Old Oak Common located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the borough, at 67 hectares (170 acres),and one of the largest areas of common in London. The eastern part, known as Little Wormwood Scrubs, is cut off by Scrubs Lane and the West London line railway. It has been an open public space since the Wormwood Scrubs Act 1879. • We will do a circular walk round the scrubs and return to Shepherd's Bush station where the walk ends. Optional drinks/lunch at the local Spoons after the walk.

What to bring: Comfortable footwear Water Photo-taking gadgets and chargers An umbrella just in case (it's London after all)

The walk is free for members who have subscribed for an annual membership. For other members the fee is £5 cash/card on arrival to contribute towards the organiser's meetup fees and costs.

The annual pass option is £15 payable by cash/card on the day. This will provide access to at least 40 events per year (members are welcome to bring a guest to each event).

All walks are free for the NHS staff (also welcome to bring a guest).

*'No Show' Policy:* *If the member replied 'yes' but did not attend the event, did not update the RSVP and did not inform the organisers on 3 occasions – this triggers an automatic removal from the group. That's once for events with a waiting list.*