Woolwich to Beckenham Place Park
13 miles
This is the first part of the Capital Ring - a 78 mile circuit around London. This section starts at Woolwich and heads past many interesting places - Thames Barrier, Charlton House, Woolwich Common, Severndroog Castle (climb the tower for great views), Oxleas Woods, Eltham Palace (English Heritage, well worth a visit) - on the way to Beckenham Place Park.
The Capital Ring route guide has recently been revised by the Ramblers and the latest walk directions are here:
(you will need sections 1, 2 and part of 3)
Starting point: Woolwich Arsenal station, 10:30
Some suburban rail services may be running with a reduced service.
The nearest station to Beckenham Place Park is Beckenham Hill.
The no 54 bus runs along Beckenham Hill Road outside the park, and will take you to Catford, Lewisham and even all the way back to Woolwich.
The route heads through several parks which have cafes - the Oxleas Woods Cafe and Eltham Park South Cafe will be the most useful for a lunchtime stop. Beckenham Place Park has the Homestead Cafe and the Mansion Bar and Cafe.
You can swim in the lake at Beckenham Place Park, but will need to pre-book a slot here
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Arrived a few minutes late but started walking and soon found two others so just #3 - perhaps all the other SE Londoners had enough of walking this area during Covid? The route has changed slightly since the SWC GPS (continuing along the Thames to the Thames Barrier now) and there were a couple of places where temporary works required a short deviation from the route but all were easily overcome.
One dropped out at Eltham Palace, the other two continued to Beckenham Place Park where a couple of pints of Peckham Pale went down particularly well.
It was #sunny-and-pleasantly-warm throughout the walk which uses some road walking to connect the many green spaces in the area.
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