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Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk

Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk

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Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk

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Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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1. Brockwell Park, Dulwich Park & Sydenham Hill Woods loop from Herne Hill

9.88km

02:37

100m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

4.74km

01:19

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. John Logie Baird Blue Plaque – Sydenham Hill Folly loop from Upper Sydenham

4.80km

01:18

70m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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T1pkp

September 10, 2019

Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched from Deptford to Selhurst. The wood is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.

The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood, and you can follow the track bed to a disused and closed tunnel, now a registered bat roost. There is also a Victorian folly, once a garden ornament, hidden in the wood. Cox's Walk is an 18th Century oak-lined avenue that crosses the wood by an ornamental footbridge over the old railway track.

(taken from wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/sydenham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk)

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April 26, 2021

Bluebell patch - not worth a detour but for bluebell lovers out there, you can plan your existing walk to pass this spot during bluebell season (usually mid April to mid May). There are sprinklings of minor bluebell patches around Dulwich Wood and Sydenham Hill Wood too, again not worth a detour just something to look out for if you're here anyway in season.

SarahSJ

February 1, 2025

Some was paved but good walking shoes still needed. Several grassy/muddy areas

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Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk

1. Brockwell Park, Dulwich Park & Sydenham Hill Woods loop from Herne Hill

2. Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

3. John Logie Baird Blue Plaque – Sydenham Hill Folly loop from Upper Sydenham

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