☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
☕Horniman Gardens Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
☕Horniman Gardens Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
Best for
1 activity
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Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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35 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 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 (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
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Cycling
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347 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Local cycle route
NCN 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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▾
London Cycle Network route 25, through Southwark Borough; signage still in place (2022).
