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FH to Dulwich Park route?
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HoneyDripper


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Post: #1
01-05-2013 05:01 PM

Hi - I'm new to the area and would love to find a cycle (preferably) or a pedestrian route from around Sainsbury's on London Road to Dulwich Park that avoids the South Circular. (And preferably not too hilly!)

I've tried to find suitable routes on maps, but without success - can anyone help? Thanks!

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Applespider


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Post: #2
01-05-2013 06:45 PM

I think it's impossible to avoid hills given that Horniman hill is between them! You'd have to go a very long way around to avoid it.

That stretch of London Road (from Sainsburys to the Grove) isn't too bad to cycle (despite it being a hill) since there is a lovely big bus lane on the actual hill so you don't end up squeezed by traffic. And while it will be tough for the first week or so, the best way of getting better at going uphill on a bike, is to go uphill on a bike! Just use your gears - and challenge yourself to keep going a little further each time.

The pavement along Dulwich Common is shared use so you can then hop onto the pavement (legally and considerately) along to the Park. Or you could go straight on at the lights and turn down Court Lane and get to the park that way.

The only other option I can think of is going onto Honor Oak Road (which is narrower than South Circ so feels worse to cycle along) and trying to get over to Wood Vale so you can go down Melford Road and up to Court Lane that way. But there's a steeper hill involved there - and it seems a roundabout way for a short cut.

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AMFM


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02-05-2013 11:41 AM

As Applespider says, I think avoiding hills in this part of London is a pipe dream!

The only "off road" way I know of to get to Dulwich Park involved going through the woods (which you can get to off London Road just after the junction with Sydenham Hill - it's signposted for the green chain walk) but I don't think you're allowed to ride your bike in there (and it would need to be a mountain bike anyway) - it's a lovely walk though (albeit a much longer way to get to DP than walking the roads)...

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HoneyDripper


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Post: #4
02-05-2013 06:55 PM

Thanks very much for the helpful advice. It wasn't really the hills I was trying to avoid so much as the traffic and I just wondered if there was some sneaky/more direct route to the southern entrance to the park. I didn't know the pavement was shared use - that's great news!

(By the way - where does this path across the street from Sainsbury's go to? See attached photo.)



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aswaspooluser


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02-05-2013 07:07 PM

It comes out on Derby Hill with an "extra bit" that leads on to Derby Hill Crescent.

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HoneyDripper


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02-05-2013 07:41 PM

Thanks! Thumbup

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