Town or village· Postcode DA14
North Cray
Greater London, London
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Days out & attractions in North Cray
Days out around North Cray – lakes, hills, nature reserves, museums and more, including 1 in North Cray 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 · 2.5 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
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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 · 1.2 miles
Maidstone Road, Sidcup DA14 5BG
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🏺 Archaeological sites
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📸 Landmarks & sights
Hall Place and Gardens
Braeburn Park · 2.5 miles
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🕳️ Caves
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from North Cray.
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