Blue Plaque Bromley Borough Walks, 2017 A series of free public walks led by members of Environment Bromley, viewing all 39 Blue Plaques within the London Borough of Bromley
SAT 9 SEPT, 10.30am: Meet at 25 Hayes Street, Hayes, below the plaque to William Pitt near 'The George' 119/146 bus stop. Linear cross-country walk via the plaque to Miss Richmal Crompton Lamburn, 'Towerfields' (RAF) plaque at Keston Mark, and Richmal Crompton Fields to the 'Crooked Billet' (V-2 rocket plaque), Southborough Lane (pub/picnic lunch stop, 207/R7 bus stop), 4.2 miles. Via Jubilee Park, Hawkwood Estate (NT), Petts Wood (NT) and plaques to Sir Victor Shepheard, Sir Geraint Evans, and Heddle Nash to Petts Wood Station, 8.2 miles.
SAT 16 SEPT, 11.00am: Meet at the WW2 victims plaque beside the entrance to Priory Gardens in Church Hill, off Orpington High Street. Linear walk to Chelsfield for picnic/pub lunch stop. Brass Crosby MP plaque near Chelsfield Church. Via Pratt's Bottom to the 'Blacksmith's Arms' (Little Tich plaque), 4 miles, cross-country. R5 bus to Orpington Station via Green Street Green; R10 bus to Orpington Station via Knockholt Pound.
SAT 23 SEPT, 11.00am: Meet at the RAF Chapel of Remembrance entrance to Biggin Hill Airport. Two differently worded RAF plaques. Visit Chapel. Linear cross-country walk via Downe (picnic or pub lunch) and High Elms (Sir John Lubbock plaque) to 358 bus stop in Farnborough, 5 miles.
SAT 30 SEPT, 11.00am: Meet outside Chislehurst Station. Linear walk via Chislehurst Caves, William Willett, and Sir Malcolm Campbell plaques to Chislehurst (picnic, café or pub lunch stop). Via Lord Ted Willis of Chislehurst, Sir Victor Shepheard, Sir Geraint Evans, and Heddle Nash plaques to Petts Wood Station, 5 miles. Town and country terrain.
SAT 7 OCT, 2.00pm: Meet in the Local Studies Section of Bromley Central Library for a 5.4 mile linear walk via H G Wells, Rachel & Margaret McMillan, Prince Pyotr Alekseyevich Kropotkin, Harold Bride, Ewan MacColl, Enid Blyton, Alexander Muirhead, Charles Keeping, and Sir Thomas Dewey plaques to Westmoreland Road, B228. Bus 138 to Bromley North or Coney Hall; bus 162 to Elton via Bromley, or to Beckenham Junction.
SUN 15 OCT, 2.00pm: Meet outside 'Zizzis', 157 High Street, for a linear walk via John Pennington Harman VC, Dr John Fry, Enid Blyton, Frank Edward Bourne OBE, Walter de la Mare OM CH, George Daniels CBE, Walter de la Mare (again), and Thomas Crapper plaques to Croydon Road, A213 bus stop 75/157/197/356, 4.8 miles, or the 356/358 stop, 5.2 miles.
SAT 21 OCT, 2.00pm: Meet beside the plaque outside Chislehurst Caves (toilets, cafeteria, picnic tables) near Chislehurst Station. Linear walk via William Willett and Sir Malcolm Campbell plaques to Chislehurst. 161 bus to Mottingham. Linear walk via Dr W G Grace plaque and the Green Chain to Grove Park Station, a total of 4 miles. Town and country terrain.
SAT 28 OCT, 2.00pm: Meet in Crystal Palace Station booking hall (café) for a visit to Crystal Palace Museum (admission free, but donations invited). 2.7 mile circular walk around the park (toilets) and nearby roads viewing plaques to Sir Joseph Paxton MP and Sir Henry Buckland jointly, Ira Aldridge, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, and Marie Stopes. 157/249/358/410/432 bus stop near station.
An information pack with full details of a variety of local district walks connecting these Blue Plaques, price £1, will be available during these walks. It can be downloaded to paper at https://blueplaquebromleyborough.wordpress.com/.
Any enquires to Ralph Palfrey, 020 8460 7215, email: [email protected]