Length: 6.5 km (or as short as 3.6 km with shortcuts)
Ascent/Descent: 56/49m
Net Walking Time: 1 ½ hours
Take the 18.04 Orpington train from Cannon Street (London
Bridge 18.09, then New Cross and St John’s), arrives Hither Green
at 18.21.
Return trains from Blackheath are 7 per
hour to either Victoria, Cannon Street or Charing Cross.
The start of SWC 421 Blackheath to Deptford but in
reverse, as the two public parks en route (Manor Park and Manor House Gardens
in Lee Green) close at 19.00 hours:
“The River Quaggy, well-kept parks, a large church (with Gothic Revivalist interior), a large heathland with views, genteel streets, grand houses (Victorian, Georgian, Modernist)”
Shortcuts: Straight to Blackheath Station after crossing the railway line (as per SWC 421), or improvised from the two pubs en route.
Eat/Drink: Two pubs en route (or just off it), Hare and Billet and The Princess of Wales. Plus plenty of options in Blackheath village.
For walk directions, map and gpx/kml files click here .
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