Description
This route is an alternative which is designed to be more accessible than BlaWoo 3, make use of some greenspaces and going past Charlton House and using quieter and more attractive roads where possible. Some of the roads are fairly busy - HaHa Road, Cemetery Lane and particularly Charlton Road, but it does have good views towards Docklands between Victoria Way and Charlton House - you'll need to cross over the road to see past the trees and towerblocks.
There are several small shops and a chippy on Charlton Road plus 3 cafes in Charlton House and Charlton Park (I like the Mulberry Cafe - in the middle near the skate park and toilets). Charlton Village and Blackheath Standard (Old Dover Road) are both very close to the route and feature larger and more numerous shops. There are bus stops throughout
This route is an alternative which is designed to be more accessible than BlaWoo 3, make use of some greenspaces and going past Charlton House and using quieter and more attractive roads where possible. Some of the roads are fairly busy - HaHa Road, Cemetery Lane and particularly Charlton Road, but it does have good views towards Docklands between Victoria Way and Charlton House - you'll need to cross over the road to see past the trees and towerblocks.
There are several small shops and a chippy on Charlton Road plus 3 cafes in Charlton House and Charlton Park (I like the Mulberry Cafe - in the middle near the skate park and toilets). Charlton Village and Blackheath Standard (Old Dover Road) are both very close to the route and feature larger and more numerous shops. There are bus stops throughout
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Blackheath
Grid Ref
TQ3964576014
Lat / Lon
51.46587° / 0.00897°
Easting / Northing
539,645E / 176,014N
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Woolwich
Grid Ref
TQ4372878823
Lat / Lon
51.49009° / 0.06885°
Easting / Northing
543,728E / 178,823N
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| Blackheath | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ3964576014 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.46587° / 0.00897° |
| Easting / Northing | 539,645E / 176,014N |
| What3Words | safety.hiking.atom |
| Woolwich | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ4372878823 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.49009° / 0.06885° |
| Easting / Northing | 543,728E / 178,823N |
| What3Words | legend.tester.drives |
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reviews
JohnMyerson
13 May 2025Started at Blackheath. Enjoyed this route, especially Charlton House and park. You can walk into the house at the front door, where there's a café, and out of the back into the park. The gardens at the south side are lovely. Old Cottage café closed on Mondays. Toilets in Charlton House and Park, also Blackheath Station (but closed at present).
Derick Rethans
23 Feb 2025I walked this from Woolwich to Blackheath on a warm, and slightly sunny afternoon.
The walk out of Woolwich is up a hill, and along a busy road, which is followed by a bit of a grind along Ha Ha road (photo #1, #2) and along Charlton Park Lane (photo #3). Charlton Park is lovely (photo #4, #5, #6), and it has a few cafés and a toilet. The section along Charlton road is not so nice, but also not unsafe, and it wasn't too busy (photo #7). A set of residential roads follows (photo #8, #9, #10) to get you to St John's Park.
Once you get to Blackheath (photo #11), the vista opens up, with wide green spaces (photo #12) until you get into the busy shopping district where the route finishes.
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Daisy C
14 Nov 2023A few nice things to see and only 150m longer than BlaWoo 3. But it does use some roads which are constantly busy and noisy although they are not trunk roads with lots of HGVs. Charlton Road is a bit of a grind. It uses hard, smooth paths with dropped kerbs except one very shallow kerb at one road crossing (by the pub and pond on Prince of Wales Road - Blackheath).
Charlton Park is unlit at night although I don't think it gets locked - the diversion along Canberra Road is pretty obvious and relatively low traffic due to speed bumps and parked cars. The paved path across Blackheath is also unlit but there are totally clear sightlines to the roads crossing the Heath around you, which are well lit, so it's not truly dark.
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