🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
Best for
5 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
♿
Easy access
Good match
parking, toilets
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route▾
Named routeParkrun
Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood GroveWalking route▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
link to Nunhead stationWalking route▾
signposted link from Nunhead station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
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Cycling
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190 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (22)Local cycle route
LCN 23Cycling route▾
One of the London Cycle Network's "Radial routes in South East London", from Central London via Camberwell, Crystal Palace and Croydon to Purley. The section from Southwark Bridge to Elephant & Castle is now Cycle Superhighway 7.
Named routeRef 23Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
LCN 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25Local cycle route
LCN 25Cycling route▾
London Cycle Network route 25, through Southwark Borough; signage still in place (2022).
