Oxleas Wood a beautiful and protected part of South East London

Oxleas Wood a beautiful and protected part of South East London

Out in Oxleas Wood

A few weeks ago I was sitting with my 3 year old daughter after breakfast deciding what to do for the day when she asked me that "what are we doing today mummy", this was the question I had no answer to until igot a flash of inspiration from my own childhood.

Where better to run free and forget your living in the middle of South East London than Oxleas Wood.

As a child my father had taken my sister and I here often to get out and get some fresh air' and we had such great fun playing hide and seek and making camps.

So we jumped in the car and set of to this wonderful, unspoilt natural piece of open space in the madness that is South East London.

When we arrived my daughter believed she was in the 100 acre wood and went of looking for Winnie the Pooh and Tiger. We collected leafs and sticks to take home and make pictures with, played hide and seek and walked up the hill to the cafe at the top for a well deserved drink.

Why had I not taken my daughter here before, who knows she had a great time, we got exercise, fresh air and used our imagination in play. What better way to spend a couple of hours that does not cost a penny.

The South East London Green Chain runs through Oxleas wood so for older children you can organise a full day out walking, taking in allotments, ancient woods and majestic park lands. You can picnic in flower filled meadows or stroll through formal gardens.

To give you a brief history of the Green Chain, in 1977 four of London boroughs along with the GLA got together to create the South East London Green Chain. This chain is today made up of nearly 300 Green Chain open spaces.

This initiative has resulted in our open spaces being protected and helped prevent further building taking place.

Taking in historical places such as Eltham Palace, passing through Shooters Hill and woods that were once the hideout of Dick Turpin the Green Chain offers both old and new sites to see, such as the world's second largest movable flood barrier at Woolwich, the Thames Barrier, which was opened in 1984.

This weekend why not get the children to put away the game consoles and put on their trainers and get out and about in Oxleas Wood, you will not be disappointed.

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