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Sidcup’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked
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Walk to Sidcup from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Chislehurst—Sidcup
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Chisid two |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 32m | Descent 92m | ||
Eltham—Sidcup
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Eltsid one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 31m | Descent 48m | ||
Eltham—Sidcup
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Eltsid two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 71m | Descent 61m | ||
Sidcup—Bexleyheath
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Sidbex one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 45m | Descent 26m | ||
Sidcup—Bexleyheath
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Sidbex two |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 75m | Descent 57m | ||
Sidcup—Swanley
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Sidswa two |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 137m | Descent 95m | |
Sidcup—Swanley
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Sidswa three |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 126m | Descent 85m | ||
Sidcup—Swanley
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Sidswa four |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 102m | Descent 61m |
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Collective progress
50% of Sidcup’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Sidcup’s Slow Ways
9 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Sidcup
54km out of 54km have been walked and reviewed
64km of reviews have been shared in Sidcup
Latest Updates
After rounding the church at Lamborey (photo #1), you head straight into the lovely park with the same name (photo #2)....
Derick Rethans
The start of the actual route was an annoying traffic mess (photo #1). After crossing underneath the A20/A222, the route follows Chislehurst Road into Sidcup....
Derick Rethans
I enjoyed this route, particularly Foots Cray Meadows, the profusion of buttercups in many fields beside Parsonage Lane including where they framed the view up the valley from the very muddiest, the huge wood-ant nests in Joyden's Wood and the surprise oast house apparently in the middle of the golf course....
Daisy C
Edited to add: The blocked footpath at the golf course on SidSwa 3 has apparently been cleared by the council/owners so you could avoid Hockenden Lane, although you'd still hit a muddy bit of farm track. That Hockenden Lane bit I haven't actually tested because I was trying out the way through the golf course which was extremely overgrown...
Daisy C
There's a grand building in Avery Hill Park which is a Winter Garden, like a smaller Kew Glasshouse, and although it was hidden under scaffolding it is open to visit now, and free. Until Avery Hill Park it was flat but then some short slopes and there's just one unpaved section there, which had some patches of mud....
Daisy C
* In winter the bridleway sections were often extremely muddy and I almost get through. In summer Joyden's Wood was fine, Parsonage Lane was ok for walkers but a passing horse rider said it never really dries and a cyclist turned back. * There were a few less serious problems including a blocked footpath in Chalk Wood (which would avoid some muddy bridleway in Joyden's Wood and a secluded dark footpath within Swanley....
Daisy C
The southern one is called Sparrow Lane and you can see a 14th century boundary hedge, or glimpse through it into Charlton AFC's training ground. After the path section of Sparrow Lane ends, it carries on as a quiet road, and the end is quite close to New Eltham Station, where you'll find some small shops, a pub, a cafe and a public toilet outside the library....
Daisy C
Otherwise there are some busy roads with a little more green respite where some parks abut the longest road stretch, including Sidcup Place. After passing the hospital do wander away from the road into the park a little. The final road north to Sidcup station was boring, and a bit too busy. Apart from the shops within sight there is a "Mini-Waitrose" a little way east down Sidcup High St. Perhaps through Morrisons car park, over the High Street then via Hatherley Rd....
Daisy C
This is a lovely route which mostly follows the Shuttle Riverway which is waymarked, so navigation is quite relaxed. The Shuttle is a large stream now and the Riverway isn't a fully off-road route but a green/blue chain of small parks and some wilder areas with only a few short and quiet links on roads....
Daisy C
Slow Ways added Sidbex one, a new walk from Sidcup to Bexleyheath
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Sidcup’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TQ4632872634
Lat / Lon
51.43382° / 0.10372°
Easting / Northing
546,328E / 172,634N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Sidcup's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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