Forest Hill

Worth seeing in and around Forest Hill

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Goldsmiths, University of London

   Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths' College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London.

   3.2 km · public research university in London, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dulwich Picture Gallery

   Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, south London, and the oldest public art gallery in England. Opened in 1817 to a design by Regency architect Sir John Soane, it became a landmark in museum architecture through its innovative use of natural light.

   3.1 km · art gallery in Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Horniman Museum and Gardens

   The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style.

   1.5 km · museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

   The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.

   3.6 km · 1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

   The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which had been destroyed by fire in 1936, and is on the same site as the former FA Cup Final venue which was used here between 1895 and 1914.

   3.6 km · National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Den

   The Old Den was the fifth football stadium occupied by Millwall F.C. in Cold Blow Lane, New Cross, London since their formation in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs in 1885 before moving to the New Den, in May 1993. The ground opened in 1910 and was the home of Millwall for 83 years.

   3.9 km · Millwall F.C.'s fifth stadium from 1910–1993 · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Crystal Palace transmitting station

   The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter operated by John Logie Baird from 1933.

   3.4 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Nunhead Cemetery

   Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them.

   2.1 km · cemetery in Nunhead, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Peckham Rye

   Peckham Rye is an open space and road in the London Borough of Southwark, London, England. The roughly triangular open space lies to the south of Peckham and consists of two contiguous areas, Peckham Rye Common to the north and Peckham Rye Park to the south.

   1.9 km · park in Peckham, London · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Peckham Library

    Peckham Library is a library and community building situated in Peckham in south-east London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000.

    3.7 km · library and community building situated in Peckham in south-east London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Forest Hill

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 29 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 35 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km

Stations

Crystal Palace railway station, 3.8 km · New Cross Gate railway station, 3.2 km · Lewisham DLR station, 2.9 km · New Cross railway station, 3.4 km · Elverson Road, 3 km

• London, Essex → Forest Hill

  9 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £1–1.5
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• Luton, Luton → Forest Hill

  55 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £6–8
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Forest Hill

  172 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £18–24
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