🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café Lulu — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café Lulu — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Best for
8 activities
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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26 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 link to Balham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling
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239 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Local 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).
