Length: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Ascent: 80m
Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hrs
Meet: Sydenham Hill Station/College Road exit (Zone 3) at 18.45 (i.e.: take the 18.27 Orpington train
from Victoria (Brixton 18.34, Herne Hill 18.37), arrives Sydenham
Hill at 18.42).
Return: from West Dulwich (one stop closer to London), on
xx.20 and xx.50
[This walk had its 2nd largest ever
turnout last year, but we were frustrated from visiting Horniman Gardens due to
a private event in its grounds (these seem to be quite frequent, for example
this Thursday and last week’s Thursday as well). But we should be good today.]
The walk takes you through Dulwich
Wood & Sydenham Hill Wood (together the largest extant
part of the ancient Great North Wood in the Borough of Southwark),
the splendid Horniman Gardens (with fine views of the City of
London) and Dulwich Park, finishing in Dulwich Village for refreshments. If you
get disorientated in Dulwich Wood or Sydenham Hill Wood, do not worry too much,
as wandering around, you will in time come across the car wide metal bridge,
from which you may resume the directions.
Tea: Crown & Greyhound pub, Rocca Italian restaurant and various other bars and restaurants in Dulwich Village, and Belair House Bar & Restaurant on the way to the station.
For walk directions , map, photos, and gpx/kml files click here.
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9 walkers at the start, including 2 local first-timers on a w=warm-and-windy evening. The paths within Sydenham Hill Wood have been upgraded and plenty of other work has been undertaken, even compared to last year. On then to the Horniman with its gardens and views. Walker n=10 was awaiting us there.
In Dulwich Park, the boardwalk that was just rotten (and closed) last year, has now been taken down. But in a way that suggests a new one will eventually be erected.
At the end, 8 went to the Crown & Greyhound for a lengthy meal. A fine evening out.
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