We know that these difficult times can have a big impact on your mental health. Even something as simple as taking a short walk can help clear your mind. To take advantage of your daily exercise, here’s 7 walking routes in Lambeth Borough if you want to switch off for a bit and get those steps in!
Brockwell Park
Brockwell Park is truly one of the gems of Lambeth Borough, with its wide open green spaces and its breathtaking nature. The park is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, making it a perfect escape for anyone feeling overwhelmed during lockdown and wanting to be surrounded by ancient nature that has stood the test of time. There’s a cycle route around the perimeter of the park to try, or go rogue and create your own trail around the green. You’ll also find social distancing markers on the paths so you can walk safety and calmly.
Berit Watkin
West Norwood Cemetary
It may sound off-putting at first, but we’d really recommended walking around West Norwood Cemetery during your daily exercise. Known as one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’, West Norwood Cemetery has some incredibly intricate plots and graves to add historic value to your walk. From royals, inventors to sports heroes, there are multiple generations of people immortalised here and it can make for a very humbling experience to see the elaborate tributes here. Click on the link above for a walking route round the cemetery to try!
Scott Wylie
Streatham Common
Found at the Southern edge of Lambeth Borough, Streatham Common is a beautiful, calming space for you to build into your daily walking route. Our favourite part about the common is The Rookery, a quaint garden space where you can take a quiet moment for yourself amidst the chaos of the outside world. Part of the common has also been declared a Local Nature Reserve, with its enchanting woodlands to get lost in. This vast common can make for a stress-free experience, with plenty of space for social distancing.
Berit Watkin
Ruskin Park
Found in Denmark Hill, Ruskin Park is one of Lambeth’s 12 Green Flag Award-winning parks. It’s main characteristic is of course the bandstand, as well as an array of flower gardens to give a pop of colour to your walks, even on a day when the sun isn’t shining! The Friends of Ruskin Park group have been working hard to keep their beautiful park open amist lockdown, with chalk drawings on paths to help with social distancing. If you’re tired of walking along concrete roads in your walks, don’t forget this green space can still be passed through.
James Petts
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Kennington Park
Found between Kennington Park Road and St. Agnes Place, Kennington Park is a stunning green space with a lot of history, having first opened back in 1854. The park has been a popular place for public speaking and with the addition of a flower garden in recent years; it has become a humbling place to take a short walk. As you walk through the paths in this park, you are walking through history, as the earliest known first-class cricket match between London and Dartford took place here in 1724. Even a young Charlie Chaplin has played in this park!
Stephen McKay
Norwood Park
Norwood Park is a 33 acre green space with stunning views of South London, like this incredible shot of Crystal Palace transmitting station in the background. It’s situated at one of the highest points in Lambeth, making it the perfect place to see the South London skyline and feel connected to your local area from a safe distance. We believe this feeling of connection is important now more than ever! Norwood Park also represents the last piece of the woodland lands of medieval Norwood.
Ewan Munro
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