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Did this walk last weekend - half hour drive and it takes you through the middle of gorgeous bluebell woods and countryside https://www.bromley.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/780/darwins_footsteps_-_downe_valley_trail.pdf


We got a bit lost on the way back to Biggin Hill mind so google maps came to the rescue

It's a little way out of town but Westerham in Kent has huge areas of woodland nearby - Westerham Woods itself but then The Chart (Limpsfield), Squerry's Park and Toy's Hill and they're all superb for bluebells. Toy's Hill has good car parking, pubs nearby etc but there are miles and miles of random footpaths through woodland around that area. It's always a carpet of blue this time of year, looks stunning.

The former Bethlem Hospital


Which one? There were at least 4 sites for Bedlam - including what is now The Imperial War Museum. Bethlem Royal Hospital (aka St Mary Bethlehem) in Beckenham is the current site - and is still a working hospital, part of the South London and Maudsley Trust - with fine grounds and a central House which acts as a Museum (Museum of the Mind).


https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=RV505

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