Walks you can reach from West Norwood by train

South London green-chain walk from Streatham's Rookery through Dulwich Woods, Horniman Gardens and Nunhead Cemetery to East Dulwich.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Walk through surviving fragments of the ancient Great North Wood, from Streatham Common via Crystal Palace Park to One Tree Hill.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Suburban parks, ancient woodland, leafy avenues, Victorian gardens and urban pavements.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Through South London's best parks to the Thames; Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common, Richmond Park, Ham House, Teddington Lock.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Ham House and Garden (National Trust)

Wimbledon Windmill: An 1817 windmill on Wimbledon Common, now a small museum.

Richmond Park: A vast royal park home to herds of red and fallow deer.

Ham House: A grand 17th-century house and gardens beside the Thames at Ham.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Flat riverside pavement, converted Victorian wharves, residential riverside developments, industrial heritage and pocket parks.

Source: A shorter variant of Westminster to Greenwich via the south bank (Saturday Walkers Club).