Dacres Wood Nature Reserve is open on the last Saturday of each month and Devonshire Road Nature Reserve on the last Sunday of the month. There are three nature reserves in Forest Hill: Dacres Wood, Devonshire Road and Garthorne Road. Blythe Hill is located on the border with Catford, while in Sydenham, Baxter Field, Mayow Park and Sydenham Hill Woods are located on the border with Forest Hill.Īlongside Sydenham Hill Woods, is the Dulwich and Sydenham Golf course, dating back to 1893. Horniman Triangle Park is located directly opposite Horniman Museum and Gardens, with Tarleton Gardens close by. Recreation Ī few parks are located and around in Forest Hill. It is one of over 500 Grade II listed buildings in Lewisham Borough. įorest Hill Library was built in 1901 to an Arts and Crafts design by local architect Alexander Hennell. Views from the gardens stretch out over central and north London.įollowing a successful and widely supported campaign from local group Save The Face Of Forest Hill, Louise House was designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. Contained within its accompanying gardens is an animal enclosure, flower gardens, and a Grade II listed early 20th century conservatory. It also houses one of the finest collection of musical instruments in the British Isles. Horniman Museum is home to anthropological and cultural collections, an aquarium and one of the most varied collections of taxidermy in the northern hemisphere. He donated the building and its gardens to the public in 1901 and this became the Horniman Museum. The tea merchant Frederick Horniman built a museum to house his collection of natural history artifacts.
In 1884, London's oldest swimming pool was constructed on Dartmouth Road. When the Crystal Palace was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1854, many large homes were built on the western end of Forest Hill along with Honor Oak. The ponds in the Dacres Wood Nature Reserve and the retaining wall of the footpath opposite the station outside the pub are about the only physical evidence of the canal which still exist. In 1809, the Croydon Canal opened, however, the large number of locks (28) meant it was not a commercial success, and it was bought by the London & Croydon Railway Company who used the alignment to construct the London Bridge to Croydon railway line opening in 1839. The name Forest Hill, originally simply "The Forest", referred to the woodland which once covered the area and which was a relict part of the Great North Wood. Like much of London, Forest Hill was only sparsely populated until the mid-19th century. A map showing the Forest Hill ward of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.
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