Capital Ring 2 – Grove Park To Crystal Palace (8 miles)

This is the second of our Capital Ring walks.  There is no obligation to do all of them - you can pick and choose the ones that you fancy…

We will meet at 11am outside Grove Park Station.  To reach the station you can get a 261 bus from Bromley South – or there are plenty of trains from London – for example from London Bridge to Grove Park is under 20 minutes.  The later start time and walk length hopefully helps with the travel

We start by walking along a footpath called Railway Children Walk 1 – named after E. Nesbitt who lived nearby. On a darker note we then cross the main rail line into London – where there was a rail crash in 1967 killing 49 people.  We then walk through remnants of the Great North Wood before heading into Beckenham Place Park – where there are toilets, coffee and food options.  If we are lucky there may also be a food market

The remainder of the walk is through suburban south London with pockets a of green until we eventually reach Crystal Palace Park – with a lake, dinosaurs and a gorilla.  Again there is often a food market on.  We walk around the park until we reach Crystal Palace station.  There are then 2 options – a bus to Bromley (on a good day 25 minutes) or a train to London (25 minutes to London Bridge)

This is a no dog walk