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| Where: |
Belvedere/Abbey
Wood
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| How: |
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| Rail stations: |
Abbey Wood |
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| Buses: |
180, 229, 244,
469, B11 |
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| Entrances |
Off
A206 Woolwich to Dartford or B213 Abbey Wood to Belvedere |
| Facilities: |
Information
Centre at ruins. |
| Site: |
Approx
88 hectares (217 acres) of broadleaved woodland on a hill overlooking
Lesnes Abbey ruins, founded 1178. Includes several ponds, a fossil
bed, chalk pit, heathland and grassy meadows. Part is designated
a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Site Map |
| Contact: |
Bexley
Council 0208 303 7777 x5562 |
| Leaflets Available: |
Call
number above or from Information centre |
| Walking: |
Self
guided blue and red trails on leaflets |
| Birds: |
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| Resident: |
All
three woodpeckers and other usual woodland species including jay,
magpie, robin, song thrush, blackbird, wren, collared dove, tits |
| Occasional: |
Kestrel,
pheasant, ring-necked parakeet |
| Possible: |
Nuthatch,
treecreeper |
| Flowers: |
Daffodil,
bluebell, violet, wood anemone, foxglove, heather, willow herb , red
campion, figwort, dogs mercury, ramson, St Johns wort, yellow archangel,
yellow iris . Among the more unusual trees are hornbeam and mulberry,
larch and swamp cypress. |
| Additional
Information: |
Essential
to obtain leaflet from Bexley Council before visit or Information
centre at the ruins. |
| Comment: |
Unlikely
to produce any avian rarities but walkers can log up woodland species
while admiring flowers and trees plus the spectacular views across
the river Thames to Essex. |
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