🌞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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🚻Toilets
Best for
8 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
♿
Easy access
Good match
parking, toilets
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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
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Cycling
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498 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
Route (1)Cycling route▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
