Walks in and around London Borough of Bromley

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Beckenham Place Park is 96 hectares and has an excellent mixture of woodlands and open meadows. There are a number of paved and signposted walkways around the park. The park has a very nice cafe with outdoor seating, landscaped gardens, childrens play areas, a swimming lake open in the summer and picnic areas.

Beckenham Hill, Beckenham Junction and Ravensbourne Train stations are all a short walk from the park and there is a large carpark accessible from the Beckenham Hill Road entrance

Norman Park is a 56 acre park between Bromley Common and Hayes. It's popular for sports due to the vast amount of open space and has horses in fields and a childrens play park. However the pathways into the woods on the edge of the park can take you out into Bromley Common where you can walk for miles through woods and fields.

There is a free public carpark on Hook Farm Road off Masons Hill or you can catch the 208, 320, 358, 61 or 261 to the Bromley Common the Crown stop

High Elms Country Park, inbetween Farnborough village and Downe. A huge 250 acre park which is a Site of Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve.

There is so much to see here, including a number of Grade II listed buildings, plenty of wildlife, hilltop views, many species of trees and formal gardens. Whilst not open during lockdown, the park has an Environmental Education Centre and cafe too.

The main carpark is on Shire Lane. For access by public transport you can catch the 358 bus to Tubbenden Lane South, then follow church lane all the way to the end and turn right on Shire Lane where you'll come to the park entrance (12 minutes walk from bus stop).

Glentrammon Recreation Ground in Chelsfield. A great hilltop park with some nice views, childrens playpark and sports courts. For an extended walk you can exit the park on Edgewood Drive and take the pathways through the woods off Chestnut Close and Fox Close.

The park is a 10 minutes walk along Windsor Drive from Chelsfield station and on the 431 and R1 bus routes at the Woodlands Road stop. For those visiting by car you can park on Windsor Drive or Glentrammon Road.

Whitehall Recreation Ground is a 17 acre park inbetween Bickley and Bromley Common. This park has invested in a new exercise trail this year with bars for pull ups, dips etc which is handy while the gyms are closed. There is a large childrens play park, basket ball hoops and a bowls club too.

For extended walks Havelock Recreation Ground and Norman Park/Bromley Common are both 5 minutes away.

There is carparking on Walpole Road and Blenheim Road at either end of the park. It is 11 minutes walk from Bickley station or you can get the 358, 261, 320, 208 or 61 bus to the Southlands Road bus stop and walk along Addison Road to the bottom where you'll find the park entrance off Cowper Street (11 minutes walk).

Havelock Recreation Ground is a small park ideal for a short walk, 15 minutes from Bromley Town Centre. It is a large open space making it a good place for sports, picnics and dog walking.

For an extended walk Whitehall Recreation Ground is 5 minute walk away (left along Havelock Road, onto Jaffray Road to the end, left on Southlands Road and right onto Cowper Road), so you can go through one to the other.

For access to the park you can park on Havelock Road or get the 336 bus to the Old Homesdale Road stop

Jubilee Country Park - a local nature reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation Grade II. This huge public park is 62 acres in total and has a sign posted nature trail, boardwalks, a cycle path through some of the park and a picnic area. You can come here many times and do a completely different walk on each visit.

There is an entrance and carpark 5 minutes from Petts Wood Train Station on Tent Peg Lane (access from Crest View Drive), a car park on Blackbrook Lane in Bickley and another on Thornet Wood Road in Chiselhurst. The 208 bus from Bromley South Station stops near the park entrance at the Southborough Lane Blackbrook Lane stop. You can also access the park via the R7 bus route by getting off at the Bromley High School stop.

Today's walk is in Pickhurst Recreation Ground, between Hayes and West Wickham. Great for a short woodland walk, there is a playground for children too.

The park can be accessed from Mead Way, Pickhurst Lane, Pickhurst Green or Heath Rise, parking is fairly easy. For public transport you can catch the 138 bus from Bromley South towards Coney Hall the stop is Mead Way. Or the 246 from Bromley South towards Westerham, and get off at the Pickhurst Park stop.

Keston Common is 55 hectares of public open space. Great for a walk through woodlands and around the lakes. The common is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest

There is a carpark on Westerham Road, otherwise you can reach the park by the 320 bus which runs between Catford and Biggin Hill, the bus stops right by the Common at the Fishponds Road stop.

This page is for sharing great places to go for walks in and around the Bromley Borough