Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods Short Walk
Ornamental Gardens, Ancient Woodlands, Ponds and Heathland, centred on the enchanting ruins of Lesnes Abbey. Undulating.
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Statue, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Mulberry Tree by Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Rhododendrons, near Lesnes Abbey Ruins and Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Garden, with Abbot's Crozier in centre
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Data Tree by Jonathan Wright (2021), Lesnes Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Data Tree by Jonathan Wright (2021), Lesnes Abbey Wood (detail)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bluebells, Lesnes Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bluebells, Lesnes Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bluebells, Lesnes Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bluebells, Lesnes Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Apr-25 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Feb-23 • hikinginlondon • On flickr
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Inaugural ride on Elizabeth Line
Train number 3 are you in trouble?
May-22 • Malachi Continuous • On flickr
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Car/Coach 7 of 9
No sign of Jeri Ryan
May-22 • Malachi Continuous • On flickr
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Route from the Station
Abbey Arms below recommended at end of walk
May-22 • Malachi Continuous • On flickr
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Yellow flags
pseudacorus apparently
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Tadpoles in Dipping Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Dipping Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Winding Path near Dipping Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Statue, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Large Floor Mosaic in middle of 5-way junction of paths by Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Mulberry Tree by Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Enter the Abbey Ruins through this gap
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Serving Hatch Sign in Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Tree in Corner of Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins, The Cloisters
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins, Gateway into Cloisters
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Garden (part)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Garden (part)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Garden (long view)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Azaleas and Rhododendron in splendid colours
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins and Thamesmead
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins and Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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London Skyline Viewpoint
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Canary Wharf and City of London beyond the ruins, from Viewpoint
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Late Bluebells, in Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The Green Man timber carving, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Uphill Path in Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Open Heathland and Trees, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Tumulus on Heathland, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Tree on Heathland, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Seat carved from Tree on Heathland, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Path in Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Late Bluebells, in Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Conduit Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Conduit Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Treetop, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Pine Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Pine Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fungus on Dead Tree, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Light Filtering through Tree Canopies, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Path through Bostall Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bostall Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Path through Bostall Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bostall Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Social Distancing Benches in Bostall Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fox on Path, Bostall Heath
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Treetops, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Long Version with Bostall Woods]
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Bluebells Pathside, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Path Crossing, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Back out of the Woods, near end of walk
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Rhododendrons, near Lesnes Abbey Ruins and Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The New Abbey Wood Station (front)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The Abbey Arms, Abbey Wood
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Dipping Pond, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Monk's Statue (and Crocuses), Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Green Chain Walk joins along a raised path over the A road out of Thamesmead
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Native Wild Daffodils, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Coryphodon Sculpture, Fossil Pit, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Fossil Pit, a little off route]
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fossil Pit, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Fossil Pit, a little off route]
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Fossil Pit, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular) [Fossil Pit, a little off route]
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Native Wild Daffodils, Lesnes Abbey Woods
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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The New Abbey Wood Station (rear)
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Feb-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Tree Growing in Abbey Ruins' Corner
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Dec-19 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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Canary Wharf and City of London beyond Lesnes Abbey Ruins
SWC Short Walk 43 - Lesnes Abbey Woods with Bostall Woods (Abbey Wood Circular)
Dec-19 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr
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