clio22 wrote:
[..]

For example, (1) can I walk from Victoria Station to Trafalgar
Square, stop/rest/eat, and then walk through Picadilly/St James,
Hyde Park Corner to return to VicSta?

The transport authority for London (Transport for London or TfL) has a
Journey Planner which you can use to plan walking trips. It doesn't seem to
like requests for a "via" point in the middle of a walk, so you would have
to submit each section as a journey.

Go to
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en

Enter your start and finish points. You can use station names such as
Victoria, or you can select a Place of Interest such as Trafalgar Square or
Houses of Parliament. Click on More Options and clear the ticks from all
Means of Transport (Rail services etc.). This will force it to offer
walking routes only. Change the walking speed from Average to Fast if your
walking speed is 20 minutes per mile, and set maximum walking time to, say,
60 minutes. Then click on Submit.

You will get an estimated time for the walk. If you click on Show These
Route Details, and then click on Start Map and/or End Map, you will get a
detailed street map (.pdf file) showing the recommended route.

(2) Can I walk from VicSta to and through Hyde Park and Kensington
Gardens down to Albert Hall, then back to VicSta as a day's walk, with
rest stops? (3) How about from the Strand through the Inns of Court to
the British Library?

I'm from New York City and am very familiar with Paris, so if it's
easier to juxtapose the walks I asked about to similar distances in
these two cities, that would also be very helpful.

Victoria to the Royal Albert Hall via Hyde Park Corner is about the same
distance as from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre (straight down the
Champs-Elysées and through the Tuileries Gardens). Strand (Aldwych) to the
British Library is a similar distance.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Richard J." wrote in message ...
clio22 wrote:
[..]

For example, (1) can I walk from Victoria Station to Trafalgar
Square, stop/rest/eat, and then walk through Picadilly/St James,
Hyde Park Corner to return to VicSta?

The transport authority for London (Transport for London or TfL) has a
Journey Planner which you can use to plan walking trips. It doesn't seem to
like requests for a "via" point in the middle of a walk, so you would have
to submit each section as a journey.

Go to
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en

Enter your start and finish points. You can use station names such as
Victoria, or you can select a Place of Interest such as Trafalgar Square or
Houses of Parliament. Click on More Options and clear the ticks from all
Means of Transport (Rail services etc.). This will force it to offer
walking routes only. Change the walking speed from Average to Fast if your
walking speed is 20 minutes per mile, and set maximum walking time to, say,
60 minutes. Then click on Submit.

You will get an estimated time for the walk. If you click on Show These
Route Details, and then click on Start Map and/or End Map, you will get a
detailed street map (.pdf file) showing the recommended route.

(2) Can I walk from VicSta to and through Hyde Park and Kensington
Gardens down to Albert Hall, then back to VicSta as a day's walk, with
rest stops? (3) How about from the Strand through the Inns of Court to
the British Library?

I'm from New York City and am very familiar with Paris, so if it's
easier to juxtapose the walks I asked about to similar distances in
these two cities, that would also be very helpful.

Victoria to the Royal Albert Hall via Hyde Park Corner is about the same
distance as from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre (straight down the
Champs-Elysées and through the Tuileries Gardens). Strand (Aldwych) to the
British Library is a similar distance.

This Paris comparison proved to be even more useful than I realized.
It's just terrific! It gives me a much better grasp now when I look at
a London map.

Not only didn't I realize that the Journey Planner plotted walks, but
I didn't know it gave the times for the same. This is especially
helpful also.

Merci beaucoup, Richard!