Length: 8.0 km (5.0 mi)
Ascent: 170m
Net Walking Time: 2 hours
Meet at Nunhead station by the exit down from the
platform at 18.30.
From Central London, either take the 18.07 Dartford
train from Victoria (18.17 Denmark Hill, 18.20 Peckham Rye), arriving
Nunhead at 18.23, or the Thameslink service from Kentish Town to
Orpington (17.47 St. Pancras via all stations to Blackfriars (17.56) then
Elephant & Castle, Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye), arriving 18.13.
From Outer London: take either the 18.03 London
Blackfriars train from Orpington (arrives 18.31) or the 17.57 Victoria
train from Dartford (arrives 18.36).
Return trains from Peckham Rye: plenty in every
direction (Victoria, LBG, Thameslink, Clapham J…).
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...
Tea Options: Plenty en route and near Peckham Rye station, see the webpage or the pdf walk directions for details. T=short.41
1 comment:
8 (including 2 relative newcomers) assembled at the appointed place and time and faffed around enough that a late arrival from a local bus was able to catch them up almost immediately. We explored the always atmospheric Nunhead Cemetery in w=light-showers and managed to escape a few minutes after the 7pm closure without incident -- the newcomers dropped out at this point and we carried on -- deciding to stop at the lovely Ivy for a little tipple in light of it being one participant's birthday where we were joined by another local -- making for n=10 in total. The Ivy is a great pub -- highly recommended! We enjoyed the remainder of the walk and spent some time admiring the grand view from the hill in Honor Oak Park and exploring Peckham Rye Park. On arrival in Peckham given the weather and the advancing hour, we decided to skip the rooftop bar and headed straight to a Kurdish restaurant -- Yada's kitchen for some very tasty food! A fun night out!
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