Evening Walk - Lesnes Abbey Woods: bluebells and wood anemones (and some abbey ruins) - Abbey Wood Circular

Length: 5.2 km/3.2 mi

Ascent/Descent: 127m

Net Walking Time: ca. 1 ½ hours

 

Meet outside Abbey Wood Station at 18.30. For that, take... 

Either Crossrail (Paddington 17.56, (...), L'pool Street 18.06, (...), Canary Wharf 18.13…

Or the 17.52 train from Cannon Street (London Bridge 17.57, Deptford 18.03, Greenwich for DLR 18.06, Woolwich Arsenal for DLR 18.20).

 

Both trains arrive at 18.26. Meet upstairs outside the gateline. Abbey Wood is in Zone 4. 

Return trains : frequent (Mainline and Crossrail).

 

This is an undulating route on the boundary of the Boroughs of Bexley (Lesnes Abbey Woods) and Greenwich (Bostall Woods) in South East London, based upon the atmospheric ruins of Lesnes Abbey , surrounded by a beautiful park with some ornamental gardens and towered over by ancient and secondary woodland, with a high extent of sessile oaks, some large wildflower meadows with bluebells, wood anemones, crocuses and native wild daffodils in spring and several scenic ponds. A heathland with an Iron Age tumulus and some acid grasslands are passed through as well.

 

Refreshments at the end of the walk: Abbey Arms (right by the station, with a large garden at the back; food to 22.00).

 

For walk directions, maps, height profiles, photos and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.43