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Lesnes Abbey: Lesnes Abbey was founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci and was dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr. In 1524, Henry VIII's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, obtained permission from Pope Clement VII to close all monasteries in England and Wales with less than eight inmates. Lesnes, with only an abbot and five canons, became one of the first monasteries to be suppressed in England.
Thamesmead: Thamesmead is a district in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Bexley. It is located 11 miles east of Charing Cross, mainly consisting of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames, northeast of Woolwich and west of Belvedere.
Abbey Wood: Abbey Wood is a National Rail station in Abbey Wood in southeast London, England. It is served by Southeastern and is between Plumstead and Belvedere stations on the North Kent Line and local Greenwich Line services.
Lesness Abbey Wood Fossil Park: Lesnes Abbey Woods, sometimes known as Abbey Wood, is an area of ancient woodland in southeast London, England. It is located near to, and named after, the ruined Lesnes Abbey in the London Borough of Bexley and gives its name to the Abbey Wood district. The woods are adjacent to Bostall Woods.
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Green Chain Walk From Thamesmead To Lesnes Abbey
Thamesmead Moorings, London, England

Green Chain Walk From Thamesmead To Lesnes Abbey

Length2.3 mi
Elev. Gain98.4 ft
Est. Steps5500
River
Scenic views
City walk
Historic site
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Green Chain Walk From Thamesmead To Lesnes Abbey Introduction

Green Chain Walk From Thamesmead To Lesnes Abbey is a 2.3 mile (5,500-step) route located near Thamesmead Moorings, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 98.4 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Explore the ruins of a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey and visit one of the capitals finest nature reserves at Crossness. This walk takes you from the River Thames at Thamesmead, a once self contained community aimed at providing housing set in landscaped surroundings and a network of footpaths and cycle ways away from traffic to Lesnes Abbey, built in1178 from stone brought from Normandy.

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Attractions Near Green Chain Walk From Thamesmead To Lesnes Abbey

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Lesnes Abbey Woods

Landform
Lesnes Abbey Woods, sometimes known as Abbey Wood, is an area of ancient woodland in southeast London, England. It is located near to, and named after, the ruined Lesnes Abbey in the London Borough of Bexley and gives its name to the Abbey Wood district. The woods are adjacent to Bostall Woods.The woods have several features dating back to the Bronze Age and a fine display of wild bluebells and daffodils in the Spring.

Thamesmead

Place
Thamesmead is a district in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Bexley in the United Kingdom. It is located 11 miles (18 km) east of Charing Cross, mainly consisting of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames, northeast of Woolwich and west of Belvedere.

Abbey Wood railway station

Building
Abbey Wood is a National Rail station in Abbey Wood in southeast London, England. It is served by Southeastern and is between Plumstead and Belvedere stations on the North Kent Line and local Greenwich Line services. It is 11 miles 43 chains (18.6 km) measured from London Charing Cross. Since May 2018, the station is also served by Thameslink trains, and is due to be served by Elizabeth line services anywhere between Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021, providing a direct service to Central London and on to Heathrow, Maidenhead and Reading, and Luton.

Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency)

Place
Erith and Thamesmead () is a constituency created in 1997, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Teresa Pearce of the Labour Party. It covers the areas of Erith and Thamesmead in the southeast of Outer London by the River Thames near the border of Greater London and Kent.Its results in terms of length of any one party's tenure and size of majorities indicate it is a safe seat for Labour with the exception of 2010 in which year the party's candidate won a low majority of 13.4% of the votes cast.

Lesnes Abbey

Place
Lesnes Abbey is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and the adjacent Lesnes Abbey Woods are a Local Nature Reserve. Part of the wood is the Abbey Wood SSSI, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which is an important site for early Tertiary fossils.

Woolwich Polytechnic School

Place
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys (founded 1912) is a secondary school for boys located in the Thamesmead area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, England.

Thamesmead Town F.C.

Place
Thamesmead Town Football Club was a football club originally based in Thamesmead in south-east London before moving to Dartford in 2017. They joined the Kent League in 1991 and reached the 5th round of the FA Vase in the 1995–96 season. In the 2007–08 season, they were champions of the Kent League Premier Division and were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North for the 2008–09 season.

Welling Town F.C.

Place
Welling Town Football Club is a football club based in Welling, London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and play at Bayliss Avenue in Thamesmead.

Thamesmead Housing Co-operative

Place
The Thamesmead Housing Co-operative was a housing estate in Thamesmead, South East London in the London Borough of Greenwich. It was a purpose built housing cooperative and like others it was an experiment in building close-knit communities and as a way of helping single people and couples.It was dissolved in the 1990s and taken over by Hyde Housing Association (now The Hyde Group).

Lesnes Abbey Park

Park
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

2.3 mi

Elev. Gain

98.4 ft

Est. Steps

5500
Created by
ivy_zhang_silver
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