Length: 6.3 km with 124m ascent/descent
Net Walking Time: ca. 1 ½ hours
Take the 18.17 Southeastern service from Cannon Street (London Bridge 18.22, then via Lewisham (18.33) and Blackheath), arriving Falconwood 18.46.
From Victoria, take the 18.03 Dartford train via Denmark Hill, Peckham Rye and Nunhead, arriving Falconwood at 18.39.
Return trains : xx.10 to Charing Cross, 20.25 and xx.55 to Cannon Street, xx.17 and xx.48 to Victoria (change at Lewisham for London Bridge). Falconwood is in Zone 4.
This is an undulating route in the Royal Borough of Greenwich through several mostly ancient woodlands with a rich variety of plants and trees, up the southerly flank of Shooter’s Hill, past a large south facing meadow with far views across South East London (and a (daytime) café) and on through more woods past remnants of a stately home’s gardens to the architecturally interesting folly of Severndroog Castle, with its (daytime) tearoom.
The descent back to the station passes another terraced garden and drops along Oxleas Meadows to cross over into Shepherdleas Woods for the return to Falconwood station.
Tea: The Falcon A Harvester pub right by the station.
For walk directions, map, photos, height profile and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.44