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Dulwich Common Allotments

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Dogs welcome

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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — White Clover, Water Chickweed, Pineappleweed +39 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Clover, Water Chickweed, Pineappleweed +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Water Chickweed, Autumn Hawkbit, Pedunculate Oak +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

36 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
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route
Named routeParkrun
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
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Cycling

330 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).

Named routeRef 25Local cycle route

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Allotments off Dulwich Common (A205)

Allotments off Dulwich Common (A205)

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