This south east London route links up several noteworthy green open spaces. It starts by meandering through the atmospheric Nunhead Cemetery, one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries of Victorian London and now, after having been resurrected from decades of neglect, a Local Nature Reserve. You then walk along residential streets to Camberwell New Cemetery and the Honor Oak Crematorium in Honor Oak, and on up to One Tree Hill, the most northerly part of what was the Great North Wood and is now a wooded Local Nature Reserve with a magnificent viewpoint.
Walk through the linear Brenchley Gardens Park and past Camberwell Old Cemetery and on to the large green spaces of Peckham Rye Park and Common. From there it is just a short walk past a cluster of cafés and modish restaurants and then along Rye Lane, one of the most aesthetically varied, culturally mixed and unique streets in London, to Peckham Rye station, with a plethora of food and drink options nearby, some of them on roof tops of high buildings...
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There was a proper but short shower around 6 in this corner of SE London, but by the time the group of 13 (incl. 2 first-timers) assembled outside the station, that had stopped. 1 other had missed the trains, and started much delayed after some gremlins then hit the following Thameslink service.
Most hadn't walked this route before or even ever been to the area. Fine views were enjoyed, especially from One Tree Hill, the cemeteries were still open and Peckham Rye Park and Common very enjoyable.
1 peeled off just after One Tree Hill, as incoming relatives were getting near her home. All others went up to Bold Tendencies/Frank's Cafe, where one table had food and drinks, and the other just drinks. All had the most glorious panorama, but - of course - no sunset to speak of. A fine evening out. n=14 under w=leaden-skies
4 went to Yadas, Green Kitchen, a nice Turkish restaurant where we enjoyed delicious food washed down with a BYO bottle of South Australian red.
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