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Visit to High Elms Country Park – Thursday 17 March

Meet at Penge East station at 10.15am for 10.26 train to Bromley South, then bus to Farnborough village and a walk of less than 1 mile along good country footpaths to the High Elms Estate.
 
The visit will take in BEECHE (Bromley Environmental Education Centre at High Elms). Distinctive features of the BEECHE building include its straw bale walls and natural light via sun pipes.
 
The visit includes a guided tour, £1 per person. Enjoy lunch at the BEECHE cafe.
 
For more information or to say you wish to attend, please contact: Alona Sheridan on 8244 4259 or Iris Humphries on 8693
9525
 

Green Chain Walk extension

Iris Humphries explores the five-mile extension to the Green Chain Walk which opened late last year.

The South East London Green Chain, also known as the Green Chain Walk, is a linked system of open spaces between the River Thames and Crystal Palace Park. In 1977 the Greater London Council and four London Boroughs created a Green Chain of 300 open spaces, linked by a network of signed footpaths, in order to protect them from building activity. 

The four London boroughs are Bexley, Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich. Many parts of the system are also part of the Capital Ring route. A Southwark section was planned from Nunhead to Crystal Palace, following the old High Level rail route.

This long-awaited extension finally opened on 26 September 2010 with splendid signage in place and a large crowd of walkers gathered at Nunhead station to inaugurate it.

The new route (about 5 miles in length) links Nunhead Cemetery and One Tree Hill with Horniman Gardens and Sydenham Hill Woods. At Lapsewood Walk it crosses the bridge painted by Pisarro and follows the route of the High Level railway to Crystal Palace, winding through the woods as far as the Dulwich Woodhouse. It then dives down Wells Park Road to the old Upper Sydenham Station house into another patch of the Great North Wood along High Level Drive, again following the old railway track and then up a steep footpath to Bluebell Close on Sydenham Hill, finally reaching the Italian Terraces in Crystal Palace Park and Crystal Palace station.At the Upper Sydenham Station house there is an alternative spur around beautiful Sydenham Wells Park, where a comfortable wooden bench has been placed.

The Sydenham Society post-Christmas stroll explored the route from Bluebell Close to the Harvester on Dulwich Common for our seasonal Christmas drink following the splendid new signage. The route is very easy to follow and it is hoped that walkers will now follow and enjoy the new extension to the Green Chain.

Iris Humphries

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Sydenham and Forest Hill Walking Club – first walk along Thames Path, Saturday 5 February

A new walking club for serious walkers is currently being set up with the idea of an organised walk taking place on the first Saturday of each month. This is not part of the Sydenham Society, but is being run as an independent group.

The first planned walk is along the north Thames Path on Saturday 5 February from London Bridge to Canary Wharf. Anyone interested in joining the group should contact Pat Trembath on pattrembath@gmail.com

 

Post-Christmas stroll – Thursday, 30 December

The Society’s traditional post-Christmas stroll is on Thursday 30th December

Meet at 11.00 at the entrance to Low Cross Wood, opposite the Dulwich Woodhouse, for stroll through Dulwich Woods taking in part of the Green Chain Walk from Sydenham Hill. The walk will take approximately 1 hour and will finish at the Harvester on Dulwich Common for a seasonal drink and maybe food. Please note that if some parts of the woods are still very icy, we may need to change the walk.
Contact Jackie [020 8778 5455] or Iris [020 8693 9525] for further information