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WALK 2

Dagenham’s open spaces

Start Dagenham Civic Centre (TQ 495 868) Finish Dagenham East tube (TQ 502 850) Distance 6 miles (9km) Time 3hrs Maps OS Explorer 162/174, Landranger 177 Refreshments Cross Keys pub near the finish, cafés at Dagenham East Public transport For the Civic Centre, take bus 5, 103, 175 or 499 from Romford station or bus 103 from Dagenham East tube Parking Central Park Pavilion, Rainham Road North, RM10 7EJ (TQ 499 865) Local group Friends of Beam Parklands www.beamparklands.co.uk

If this seems an unlikely title for a walk, look again. You will journey past an Olympic wood, through two country parks, a nature reserve and flood meadows, and enjoy some of the rarest trees in Britain. There’s even a pretty little churchyard near the finish.

River Rom

With the grand main entrance to the Civic Centre beside you on your left, walk forwards to reach and enter the Peace & Memorial Garden, and turn right on leaving. Go round the back of the fire station and keep the temporary fencing around Ambassadors Wood to your left.