Access
to Crossness Nature Reserve
Travelling from London (rail and buses)
Travel from London Bridge station, via Greenwich
or Blackheath, to Abbey Wood station (25 minutes). Take a 229 bus to Cross
way, alight at the Lister Walk stop and walk to Summerton Way. Follow this road to Fairway Drive and follow signs to the Thamesview
Golf Course. Walk left through the car park and turn right. This enables you
to enjoy a 20 minute Thameside walk along the National Cycle Route and public
footpath where you can join the reserve from the Thames Pathway entrance by
the viewing platform.
Alternatively, from Abbey Wood train station,
take a 180 bus to Eastern Way (ask for Belvedere Industrial Estate) via Harrow
Manor Way and Yarnton Way (approx.
20 minutes). Follow the public footpath across fields from the Norman Road south-east entrance and enter Crossness
Nature Reserve near the lagoon.
Travelling from London (by car)
To Thames Pathway
entrance: Travel from Greenwich towards Erith on the A206 following signs
for the M25. Leave the A206 following signs for Thamesmead (A2014). From the
roundabout, take the first exit (left) towards Thamesmead Central (A2014).
At the next roundabout, turn right (third exit) onto Crossway and then right
again (2nd exit) at the next roundabout to Summerton
Way. Head straight down to Fairway
Drive, turn right and follow the signs for Thamesview Golf Course where you
will be able to park and use the facilities (toilets–including disabled–and
refreshments). Walk through the car park to the north where you will join
the National Cycle Route and public footpath. Follow the Thames
riverside walk until you reach the Thames Pathway entrance to Crossness Nature
Reserve.
To Norman Road/Eastern
Way entrance: Travel from Greenwich towards Erith on the A206 following signs
for the M25. The A206 joins the A2016 (Eastern Way). Continue along this road until
you reach a roundabout, turn left and on your immediate left, one or two cars
can be left in the bay by the Norman Road junction (cars are left at owner’s
risk and as there is no path, visitors should take care on the road). Join
the reserve from the Norman Road entrance at the south-east of the reserve, or walk west
to enter the site from Eastern Way.
To Belvedere
Road entrance: Travel from Greenwich towards Erith on the A206 following signs for the M25. Leave
the A206, following signs for Abbey Wood (A2014). Drive down Harrow
Manor Way and take the fourth exit at the roundabout so that you are coming
back up Harrow Manor Way. Take the second left (you will
see signs for Thames Water) and follow the road to the end, turn right on
to Belvedere Road. The footpath
is located on the right approximately 100m back from the Thames Water Crossness
Sewage Treatment Works site entrance. You may park in Belvedere
Road. Please note that there is no access to the reserve through the main
sewage treatment works.
Travelling from Kent (rail and station
buses)
Join the London bound train from Dartford to Belvedere (10
minutes) and take the 401 bus to Eastern Way via Picardy Manorway or
stay on and alight at Crossway to join the reserve from Thamesview Golf Course
taking in the 20 minute riverside walk.
Travelling from Kent (by car)
To Thames Pathway entrance: From Dartford, follow the signs towards Plumstead, Woolwich
and Greenwich. Join the A2016 at
Erith (Bronze Age Way). Go straight
over the first roundabout, at the second roundabout take the second exit (turning
right) where you will join Eastern
Way. Continue along the A2016 where you will see the Thames Water sludge powered
generator on your right. Come off at the first exit and at the roundabout,
take the third exit (A2041) towards Thamesmead (Carlyle Road). At the next roundabout, turn right (third exit) onto
Crossway and then right again (2nd exit) at the next roundabout
to Summerton Way. Head straight
down to Fairway Drive, turn right and follow the signs for Thamesview Golf
Course where you will be able to park and use the facilities (toilets–including
disabled–and refreshments). Walk through the car park to the north where you
will join the National Cycle Route and public footpath. A 20 minute riverside
walk leads you to the sea wall entrance to Crossness Nature Reserve.
To Norman Road/Eastern Way entrance: From Dartford, follow the signs towards
Plumstead, Woolwich and Greenwich. Join the A2016 at Erith (Bronze Age Way). Go straight over the first roundabout,
at the second roundabout take the third exit where you will come back on yourself
and be travelling back down Eastern Way. Immediately on your left is a lay-by
joining Norman Road where there is unofficial parking for one to two cars,
but vehicles are left at owner’s risk. Care should be taken on the road, as
there is no footpath by this bay.
Follow the public footpath across fields from the Norman Road south-east entrance and enter Crossness Nature Reserve
near the lagoon. Alternatively, take the short walk west to enter from the
Eastern Way entrance.
To Belvedere Road entrance: From Dartford,
follow the signs towards Plumstead, Woolwich and Greenwich. Join the A2016 at Erith (Bronze
Age Way). Go straight over the first roundabout, at the second roundabout
take the second exit (turning right) where you will join Eastern Way. Continue along the A2016 where you will see the Thames
Water sludge powered generator on your right. Come off at the first exit and
at the roundabout, take the first exit (A2041) towards Abbey Wood. Drive down
Harrow Manor Way and take the
fourth exit at the roundabout so that you are coming back up Harrow Manor Way. Take the second left and follow the road to the end,
turn right on to Belvedere Road. The footpath is located on the right approximately
100m back from the Thames Water site entrance. You may park on Belvedere
Road. Please note that there is no access to the reserve through the main
sewage treatment works.
