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
51.44095, -0.05732
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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 ☕ The Horniman Cafe — 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 ☕ The Horniman Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🚻 Toilets
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 32 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 305 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling 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 route Ref 23 Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
London Cycle Network route 25, through Southwark Borough; signage still in place (2022).
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos 72 and 70 London Road, Forest Hill
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Wildlife to spot
56,317 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 56,317 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +23
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Helina evecta · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Helina evecta Helina evecta 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii 10-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 56,317 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +23
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Helina evecta · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Helina evecta Helina evecta 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii 10-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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