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East Wickham: East Wickham is an urban village in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London. It lies immediately north-west of Welling. It is in the historic county of Kent.
Oxleas Wood: Oxleas Wood is one of the few remaining areas of ancient deciduous forest in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (with a small amount passing over the boundary into the London Borough of Bexley), in southeast London.
Old Mill Public House: Plumstead Common Windmill is a tower mill in Plumstead Common, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south London.
Bostall Heath: Bostall Heath and Woods is an area of 159.1 hectares of woodland with areas of heathland located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich ward of Abbey Wood and adjacent to Lesnes Abbey Woods.
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Delightful Bostall Woods Walk
Shooters Hill, London, England

Delightful Bostall Woods Walk

Length2.9 mi
Elev. Gain52.5 ft
Est. Steps6500
Forest
Scenic views
Wild flowers
City walk
Quiet place
Created by tearsblessing_kim

Delightful Bostall Woods Walk Introduction

Delightful Bostall Woods Walk is a 2.9 mile (6,500-step) route located near Shooters Hill, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 52.5 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Delightful stretches of ancient woodland reveal nature in all its variety and splendour. This section begins at Bostall Woods, originally known as 'Old Park Wood'. In 1906 the woods were described as picturesque and charming beyond description, densely planted with Scots Pine. By 1939 they had been ravaged by a beetle infestation and only a few tree's survived. The route ends near Oxleas Wood, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve, it contains a variety of trees including oak, birch, hornbeam and alder.

Attractions Near Delightful Bostall Woods Walk

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Winn's Common

Park
Winn's Common is a public open space in Plumstead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.

Plumstead Cemetery

Place
Plumstead Cemetery is a cemetery in Plumstead, southeast London. It is situated south-east of Woolwich, to the north of Wickham Lane, west of Lodge Hill, and south of Bostall Wood.The cemetery was opened in 1890 by Woolwich Burial Board in former parkland, to the west of Woolwich cemetery. It has a plot of graves holding civilian war dead from Woolwich, 187 Commonwealth war graves (106 from the First World War and 81 from the Second World War), the graves of two former mayors of Woolwich (Col Sir Edwin Hughes, Woolwich's first MP and first mayor of Woolwich in 1900/01, and Albert Gorman, mayor in 1940/41), and, to the north of the cemetery's chapel, a memorial to victims of two accidental explosions in 1903 at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.

Woodlands Farm Trust

Place
The Woodlands Farm Trust is a registered charity that administers the 89-acre Woodlands Urban Farm in Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. The farm was saved by the community from development by house builders in a successful local campaign stretching from 1995 to 1997. It was previously threatened by the Greater London Council plan for the East London river crossing and road scheme which crossed the land and was planned to run through the adjacent ancient forest.

Welling Stadium

Place
Welling Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium located on the west side of Wickham Street in Welling, South East London It is not to be confused with a football ground that existed to the east of the stadium and was situated on the east and south sides of Wickham Street.

Woolwich cemetery

Place
Woolwich cemetery is a cemetery in southeast London, situated south-east of Woolwich, in Kings Highway, Plumstead, on land that was formerly part of Plumstead Common. The first cemetery, which is sometimes referred to as the Woolwich Old Cemetery, was opened in 1856 by the Woolwich Burial Board and the 12-acre site was almost full within 30 years; in 1885, a new cemetery was established on adjacent land to the east.

Rockliffe Gardens

Park

Hail & Ride Langley Road

Building

Bostall Hill / Brampton Road

Building

Parish Church of the Ascension

Building

Warland Road

Building
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

2.9 mi

Elev. Gain

52.5 ft

Est. Steps

6500
Created by
tearsblessing_kim
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