Transport for LondonRoute details
Green Chain Walk: Section 9 Mottingham or Chislehurst via Sundridge to Beckenham Place Park
| Walk facts | Details |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| Location: | Bromley, Lewisham |
| Start: | Mottingham Lane (GR 418-731) or Chislehurst (Prickend Pond, GR 439-708) Get there with Journey Planner |
| Finish: | Beckenham Place Park (GR 383-706) |
| Factor: | Green Chain Walk: Section 9 Mottingham or Chislehurst via Sundridge to Beckenham Place Park |
| Recommended direction: | Northeast to southwest |
| Terrain and surface: | Mainly level with some long gentle slopes and short steeper ones. Mixture of pavements and rough paths, tracks or grass. No stiles. 3.6km (2.2ml) beside roads |
| Points of Interest: | Eltham College, Lower Marvels Wood, Marvels Wood, Prickend Pond, Whyte's Woodland, Elmstead Woods, Beckenham Place Park |
| Signage: | Complete. Logo: 'a linked G-C' and text 'Green Chain Walk' |
| Temporary Diversions: | |
| Refreshments and toilets: | Pubs at Mottingham, Chislehurst, Sundridge Park and Beckenham Place Park. Cafes at Chislehurst and Beckenham Place Park. Public toilets at Mottingham, Chislehurst and Beckenham Place Park |
| Public transport and breakpoints: | NR: Mottingham, Chislehurst, Elmstead Woods, Sundridge Park, Ravensbourne. CTL: Beckenham Junction. Buses at all these points plus Bromley Hill |
| Links with other walks: | Green Chain Walk Sections 6 and 8, Capital Ring Sections 2 and 3 |
| How to get the map: | Download it from www.walklondon.org.uk or call 0870 240 6094 |
| Principal promoters: | LB Bexley, LB Bromley, LB Greenwich, LB Lewisham |
Walk details:
- An alternative to GCW 8 between Mottingham and Beckenham Place Park, also providing a link with Chislehurst.
- From Mottingham Lane (GCW 6 and 8, also Section 2 of the Capital Ring) the route follows roads passing the extensive Eltham College.
- It then crosses playing fields on grass to enter Lower Marvels Wood, climbing steadily, and on up to Marvels Wood and Elmstead Woods.
- Meanwhile, the spur from Chislehurst, having started high up beside pretty Prickend Pond, follows a more level route along the High Street then through Whyte's Woodland into Elmstead Woods to join the main route.
- This continues beside Grove Park Cemetery, where a spur of GCW 8 comes in from Marvels Lane, then crosses a railway line on a level footbridge to descend New Street Hill.
- A long footpath climbs gently among trees beside Sundridge Park Golf Course.
- This is followed by a fairly long stretch along residential roads, and you eventually descend past playing fields to cross the River Ravensbourne.
- A residential estate of unmade roads takes you past Ravensbourne station into Beckenham Place Park, where you rejoin GCW 8 and Section 3 of the Capital Ring.
