To go for night walks in London?

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Dickens did this, and I'd like to do it too. Drives me utterly mad how restricted we are as women.

I wouldn't go in the dead of night, more like an hour or a bit more of fast walking before bed, to tire myself out, around 8.30-10pm. I wouldn't cut through dark parks or anything. I'm thinking 2-3 miles - easily doable in an hour or so.

So, dare I? Or should I stick to walking on the treadmill like I do currently? I want to feel the fresh air and be out in the world seeing things.

Being a woman is a prison and I'm sick of it.

It wouldn’t even occur to me to worry about going for a walk at night, in London or anywhere else. How do you imagine most women get around in the evenings?! People are still coming home from work shifts or going out to meet friends at those times. It’s really not a big deal at all. The chances of being attacked are tiny.

I would, and if I have a late meeting I often finish work and walk to the tube at that time so no different. I think 10 would be my cut off.

When I lived in London I walked home from the last tube 3/4 times a week. Different tube stations / flats. Only one felt scary due to high walls. You could definitely go for a walk. But I’d start with a planned route rather than random wandering.

I wouldn’t feel safe doing this

I just love seeing all the big buildings at night

I walk around London late at night all the time.
Always have done, I couldn’t have done my job otherwise, frequently getting home 11pm and later.
Now I walk for exercise (have no dog) and live in a scruffy part of S London.

Millions and millions of hours are safely walked by women after dark.

The prison is of your own making.

What about a bike ride

Railton Rd hasn’t got worse! And was never worrying when I used to walk from the tube to almost H Hill every night late. Not unless you were a rival dealer or whatever yardie or triad wars were going on.

Now Brixton is pretty gentrified. But Railton Rd and surrounding streets do feel a bit more deserted (and therefore less safe) since the bloody LTNs stopped the traffic.

I walk a lot in the evening with my dog. I think a dog makes you feel safer. It’s annoying we can’t relax more

When I lived in London I was followed home across a park in broad daylight by a man shouting aggressively at me.

I wouldn’t go out at that time for a stroll but I would walk from A to B eg to get home.