🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 277m away — 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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
Best for
10 activities
🧺
Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, parking
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 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 routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Waterlink WayWalking route12 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 routeRef WWLength 12 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps inWalking route▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named routeLocal walking route
Lewisham PromenadeWalking route▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Silk Mill PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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238 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 64 (detour)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (64)Local cycle route
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).
