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Bexley
Greater London, London · population 228,000
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Days out & attractions in Bexley
Days out around Bexley – lakes, hills, nature reserves, museums and more, including 4 in Bexley itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🌿 Nature reserves
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🏛️ Museums
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🌳 Parks & gardens
The Tarn
Well Hall · 1.9 miles
A wooded lakeside site on the eastern side of Court Road, opposite Mottingham railway station, offers a mixture of open garden, water and protected wildlife. Covering nine acres in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (postcode SE9 5AQ), the area was once the southern part of the Great Park attached to Eltham Palace, used for royal deer hunting until the English Civil War. After the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich bought the land from the neighbouring Royal Blackheath Golf Club, the public garden opened in 1935 and has remained largely as laid out in the 1930s. The central part of the site surrounds a two-acre lake, historically called Starbuck’s Pond, and provides a circular walk that follows the shoreline, crosses a wooden footbridge and links the two gated entrances. Along the route visitors find a range of benches, a gazebo, a public-toilet block with a veranda shelter and an 18th-century brick ice well that is Grade II listed and viewable through a fenced opening. The park is wheelchair-accessible on most routes, although a few steps remain near the north-west and south-west entrances. Dogs are not permitted to protect the resident birds. Half of the nine-acre area is fenced off as a bird-sanctuary nature reserve, where species such as mallard, Canada goose, rose-ringed parakeet and swan are regularly observed, alongside foxes, squirrels, frogs and bats. The lake supports a small stickleback population and is fed by the Little Quaggy stream. Access is via Court Road; the nearest town is Well Hall, and entry is free.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Eaglesfield Park
Shooter's Hill · 2.5 miles
Situated close to the summit of Shooter’s Hill, just south of Woolwich, Eaglesfield Park occupies a green space within the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. The site is split by Eaglesfield Road into two distinct areas. To the west, the ground is formally landscaped, featuring an ornamental pond that has been restored, and a children’s playground that occupies the former splash-pool location. The eastern half opens onto a grassland meadow that borders a golf course, offering open views across the surrounding hills. Walkers can follow the Green Chain Walk as it weaves through the western part of the park. The land was acquired by Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council in 1907, with half of the purchase price supplied by London City Council. Landscape architect J. J. Sexby, then chief officer of parks for the LCC, designed the layout and the park opened the following year. Sexby’s plan included improvements to the existing pond, which fell into disuse before being reinstated in 2012. The name “Eaglesfield” may reference the eagles shown on the 18th-century landowner John Lidgebird’s coat of arms, or the medieval reputation of Shooter’s Hill as a roost for eagles. As a public park, the area is freely accessible and provides basic amenities such as the playground and walking routes.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏊 Lidos & swimming pools
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
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🏚️ Ruins
St Botolph's Church, Ruxley (remains of)
Ruxley · 2.5 miles
Maidstone Road, Sidcup DA14 5BG
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🏺 Archaeological sites
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📸 Landmarks & sights
Woodlands Farm
Shooter's Hill · 1.9 miles
The 89-acre Woodlands urban farm lies on the east side of Shooter’s Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, just north of the A207. It sits roughly two kilometres south of Plumstead and one and a half kilometres west of Welling, forming part of a protected green corridor that links Eltham, Plumstead and Welling. A small watercourse, the Wogebourne, runs northward across the fields and is fed by several tributaries, adding a natural feature to the landscape. The site borders the Greenwich Equestrian Skills Centre, a legacy of the London Olympic Games, and is managed by the Woodlands Farm Trust, a registered charity. Originally laid out in the early nineteenth century as a 122-acre farm under the Baldock family, the land was bought in 1919 by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society and later operated as a model pig farm. During the Second World War it served briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp. Threatened in the 1980s by a proposed East London River Crossing, the farm was saved after a European-wide campaign and, in 1997, the Co-operative Group granted the Trust a 999-year lease at a peppercorn rent. Today the farm concentrates on conservation, sustainable agriculture and educational activities, hosting regular farm shows and an education centre that welcomes school groups and other visitors. Entry is free and opening times are published on the farm’s listing.
Tu-Su 09:30-16:30
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Eltham Palace
Avery Hill · 2.5 miles
Court Yard, London SE9 5QE
Apr-Oct Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; Nov-Feb Sa-Su 10:00-16:00; Mar We-Su 10:00-16:00; SH "Various"
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Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Bexley.
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