Green Chain Walk Road and Sydenham Hill
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Green Chain Walk Road and Sydenham Hill. Turn right, cross Sydenham Hill, then turn left to Section 11 (Crystal Palace Park to Nunhead cross London Road. Turn left and enter Horniman Gardens. Leave the Cemetery) Version 1 : February 2011 gardens at the opposite end turning left into Westwood Park. Follow the road and turn left into Langton Rise. Cross at the junction with Wood Vale and enter the gate into Camberwell Old Cemetery. Follow the path through to the main gate on Forest Hill Road. Leave Camberwell Old Cemetery through the main gate, turn right then cross Forest Hill Road at Wood Vale. Turn right up Forest Hill Road and Start: Crystal Palace (TQ341705) take the 3rd left into Honor Oak Park. Bear left through the gate leaving the Station: Crystal Palace (rail) road then turn left and go up the steps to One Tree Hill. Continue straight Finish: Nunhead Cemetery ahead and leave One Tree Hill by turning right into Brenchley Gardens (the road). Optional detour avoiding steps: Turn right from the Camberwell Old (TQ353757) Cemetery main gate and cross Forest Hill Road at Wood Vale. Turn left and Station: Nunhead (rail) then sharp right through the gate into Brenchley Gardens. Follow the path to the One Tree Hill end. Go through the gate to the road (Brenchley Gardens) Distance: 5.4 miles (8.7 km) and cross at the pedestrian refuge to rejoin main route. Dulwich Link Distance: 1.2 miles (1.9 km) Follow the road down then turn next right into Camberwell New Cemetery Directions: From the Green Chain Walk finger post just north of Crystal taking the left path to the opposite end. Leave the cemetery and turn left into Palace station head towards the National Sports Centre gates and turn right Brockley Way. at the next fingerpost into the park. Continue along the path to leave the park at Westwood gate. Turn right, go over the traffic crossing, then turn right down Westwood Hill. Turn left by the bus stop, cross Longton Ave and Follow Brockley Way as it changes into Merttins Road in the block between enter Sydenham Wells Park. At the opposite end, turn left out of the park, Brenchley Gardens and Athenlay Road. At Ivydale Road carry on straight cross Longton Ave and walk up Wells Park Road to the top of the hill. ahead into Inverton Road. Take the fourth right and turn into Limesford Road. At the junction with Sydenham Hill, cross turning right then left into Crescent Wood Road. Follow the road past two roads then turn left into Sydenham Follow Limesford Road to Nunhead Cemetery entering through the gates on Hill Wood. Follow the path on the left and descend the steps. Then follow the left. Take the path through the Cemetery to reach Linden Grove where the Green Chain finger posts along the disused railway trackbed until this section ends. reaching the gate through to the footbridge. Section 11 Link to Dulwich Park: At the footbridge go straight ahead into To detour to Dulwich Park go straight ahead into Cox’s Walk. Or to continue Cox’s Walk and continue to the junction of Lordship Lane and Dulwich to Nunhead Cemetery, turn right here, cross the bridge and turn left. Turn Common Road. Turn left, cross the road at the fingerpost and at Rosebery left again into Lapsewood Walk and continue to reach the junction of London Gate, turn right into Dulwich Park. At the Park Café bear left for Dulwich Picture Gallery and West Dulwich Station. .