Something that has been on my mind for the last 32 years...wouldn't it be good if there was a pedestrian route between Thorpewood Avenue and Taymount Rise?

There is a pedestrian path opposite Sainsburys that completely bypasses all of Taymount Rise, and Eliot Bank provides a link to Kirkdale, but to get to Eliot Bank you need to go down to the south circular.

There are four potential routes (none involve tunnels to Catford):
Just one garage appears to separate Forest Croft from Knapdale Close
A fence separates Taymount Grange from Shackleton Close
A wall separates Forest Holme Close from the path up
A garden and a wall separate Grassmount from Eliot Bank

My suggestion would be that a gateway is installed on one of these routes that is monitored by CCTV to improve security given these are all close to private (communal) property. Funding for a camera and monitoring could possibly be provided by Localities Funding, linked to Lewisham's CCTV network (if such a thing exists).

The advantage would be easy access for Taymount residents to Eliot Bank School (and Holy Trinity and Sydenham), Baxters Field and the swimming pool.

Does anybody know if the management committees of the four sites have considered opening a gateway?