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Wednesday 30 December 2015

Midweek end of year walk - Crystal Palace to Forest Hill

Crystal Palace to Forest Hill

Short suburban London walk with plenty of interesting and unusual features and an opportunity to visit an art gallery.

Book 3 Walk 137

Length : 13 km or 8 miles

Toughness : 3 out of 10

Getting there : You may travel to Crystal Palace by train, here are three suggested routes:
  1. Catch the 10:06 am Sutton train from London Victoria (Clapham Junction 10:14) - arrives Crystal Palace station at 10:32
  2. Catch the 10:14 am London Victoria train from London Bridge (New Cross Gate 10:20)  - arrives Crystal Palace station at 10:34
  3. Catch the 9:49 am overground train from Highbury and Islington to arrive at Crystal Palace station at 10:32.  Some calling stations are Dalston Junction, Hoxton, Whitechapel, Wapping, Canada Water and Surrey Keys.  The overground timetable is here
If you live locally you may wish to walk or catch a suitable bus

Meeting point : Crystal Palace Station Ticket Hall at 10:40 am ( I've added a bit of contingency time to allow for the various arrival times)

Tickets : Buy an Oyster Card to cover zone 3 and any other zones you need to travel in. (If you don't already have one)

Brief Description

Inspired by the ever resourceful Sean, I have the pleasure of posting the last mid-week walk of 2015.
The route is mainly on tarmac, but with possibility of some muddy stretches in Dulwich and Sydenham Hill Woods
The route gives walkers an opportunity to visit the Dulwich Picture Gallery which is showing work by M.C. Escher probably best remembered for pictures such as impossible triangles and never ending stairs.

You may find full details of the walk here

Suggested Lunch stop

The suggested lunch stop The Crown and Greyhound is closed for refurbishment so, as an alternative, I'm suggesting ...
The Plough at 381 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8JJ which is about 10 minutes walk away.

I anticipate arriving there about 12:15 

Visiting Dulwich Picture Gallery

Quite a few days for the M.C.Escher exhibition are sold out already, so if your planning on going I suggest you purchase a ticket here  ASAP.

The Gallery is about a 20 minute walk from the Pub, so I would suggest the 13:45 afternoon slot if you wish to visit.

Suggested Tea stops

The café in the Horniman Museum
The Deli on the road to Forest Hill Station

Map

OS Explorer : 161
If you have a London A-Z, perhaps pop in in your bag to cover all eventualities.

Returning home

Forest Hill has plentiful overground and national rail services back to London.

Alternatively, if you've been over-awed by Escher, you may also return from West Dulwich station (about 1 km away from the Gallery).
Trains here go to London Victoria and there are 4 an hour with a journey time of 12 minutes.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have booked for 13:45 at Greenwich Picture Gallery - looking forward to exhibition.
Have noted you can enter up to 15 mins after your booked time

Mike A said...

I'm sure anonymous meant Dulwich.
Looks like all tickets are sold out now :-(
There might be some cancellations on the day though ...

Chris L said...

I don't think you need to rely on cancellations if you want to see the Escher exhibition. It's always possible to buy tickets on the day, though there could be a queue and tickets may sell out in the afternoon. If you haven't booked in advance, I'd suggest buying a ticket as soon as you reach Dulwich, and then lunching at the Dulwich Picture Gallery Café, or at the Pavilion Café in Dulwich Park, while you wait for the timeslot shown on your ticket.

JohnL said...

N=6, W=mild_but_windy. This carefully contrived walk makes the most of the green spaces in SE London around Dulwich. Two of us had lunch at the Dulwich Park Cafe and three walkers visited the impressive Escher exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. In the afternoon you see much of central London from the top the Horniman grounds. All this culture was followed by a beer or two at the Wetherspoons in the former Centurion Theater at Forest Hill.