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Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

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Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

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Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

01:19

4.74km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 8, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.54 km

Cox's Walk

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A tree-lined avenue leading to Sydenham Hill Woods. Created in the 1730s by local publican Francis Cox to connect his Green Man Tavern with the nearby Sydenham Wells.

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2.54 km

Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk

Highlight • Forest

Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched from Deptford to Selhurst. The wood is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.

The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood, and you can follow the track bed to a disused and closed tunnel, now a registered bat roost. There is also a Victorian folly, once a garden ornament, hidden in the wood. Cox's Walk is an 18th Century oak-lined avenue that crosses the wood by an ornamental footbridge over the old railway track.

(taken from wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/sydenham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk)

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2.98 km

Sydenham Hill Folly

Highlight • Historical Site

The ruins on Sydenham Hill look like an old monastery but are actually much newer. An old mansion once stood in these grounds, Fairwood. The folly was built in the Victorian Era as a way of showing off the wealth of the landowner and enthralling their visitors.

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4.74 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.16 km

1.27 km

647 m

535 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.60 km

1.41 km

680 m

560 m

246 m

118 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Saturday 30 May

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Cox's Walk and Sydenham Hill Wood loop from Forest Hill

Cox's Walk

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