Chiorp two

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This is a winter and wet weather alternative to ChiOrp One. It has less off-road distance but is a lot shorter, so both are around 1/2 traffic-free. Chislehurst village is rather pretty, and scattered around the Common, mostly mature woodland and you might find harebells in the meadows. Next up the Hawkwood Estate, a working National Trust farm with "wide vistas opening to the south" and you might see lambs in spring. It's contiguous with Petts Wood and this is the driest way through. There might be some loose gravel on a track through the farm, puddles on the earthy path near the railway line, and sadly, steps by both railway crossings.

There's a lot of overlap with ChiOrp 1 and later BroOrp 2. The new middle part is along quiet, well-to-do suburban streets, leafy suburban footpaths or alleyways alongside train cuttings. It also goes through Petts Wood town centre with shops, places to eat, buses and a station. The Wetherspoons (over the railway footbridge) is officially a "Bromley Community Toilet", no offence intended. There's a footpath junction, at TQ 4522 6625, when this route heads east but you could cut south straight to Orpington Station. Either way goes down a second set of steep steps.

The other route, ChiOrp 1, goes through Crofton Woods, a national level, SSSI, nature reserve preserving a special "wet woodland" habitat, and it is beautiful. But local dog-walkers and RSPB promo material agree that it can be very muddy. I've seen photos and it was extreme, for an urban or a rural route. This route won't risk losing your shoe. Or drowning your small dog

This is a winter and wet weather alternative to ChiOrp One. It has less off-road distance but is a lot shorter, so both are around 1/2 traffic-free. Chislehurst village is rather pretty, and scattered around the Common, mostly mature woodland and you might find harebells in the meadows. Next up the Hawkwood Estate, a working National Trust farm with "wide vistas opening to the south" and you might see lambs in spring. It's contiguous with Petts Wood and this is the driest way through. There might be some loose gravel on a track through the farm, puddles on the earthy path near the railway line, and sadly, steps by both railway crossings.

There's a lot of overlap with ChiOrp 1 and later BroOrp 2. The new middle part is along quiet, well-to-do suburban streets, leafy suburban footpaths or alleyways alongside train cuttings. It also goes through Petts Wood town centre with shops, places to eat, buses and a station. The Wetherspoons (over the railway footbridge) is officially a "Bromley Community Toilet", no offence intended. There's a footpath junction, at TQ 4522 6625, when this route heads east but you could cut south straight to Orpington Station. Either way goes down a second set of steep steps.

The other route, ChiOrp 1, goes through Crofton Woods, a national level, SSSI, nature reserve preserving a special "wet woodland" habitat, and it is beautiful. But local dog-walkers and RSPB promo material agree that it can be very muddy. I've seen photos and it was extreme, for an urban or a rural route. This route won't risk losing your shoe. Or drowning your small dog