Devonshire Road Nature Reserve - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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♿ Easy🌲 Walks
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.43540, -0.05279
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ♿ Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer ☕ Forest and Grind — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ♿ Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer ☕ Forest and Grind — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 223 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (21) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route to NCN 21 route from western side of LCN 65 route
Named route Ref (21) Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Route (19) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (19) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Alternative route via Telegraph Hill Park
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 Local cycle route
Show on map Route (21) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (21) Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Bampton Road, Forest Hill
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Wildlife to spot
31,117 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,117 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Feral Cat · Squirrel · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Squirrel Sciurus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,117 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Feral Cat · Squirrel · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Squirrel Sciurus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 