Bostall Heath and Woods is an area of 159.1 hectares of woodland with areas of heathland located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich ward of Abbey Wood and adjacent to Lesnes Abbey Woods. The area to the south of the A206 is Bostall Woods and to the north is Bostall Heath.
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We love coming to these woods for a walk, there’s a real variety of trees and spaces for people to enjoy. The heath is massive with loads of space for picnics (although there are a few signs stating no BBQs), plenty of picnic benches, litter bins and bins for dog mess. A great place to bring kids or have an outdoor party/gathering. The woods are big enough to enjoy a decent walk and include a really beautiful area of beech trees where the sunset looks stunning. There are also lots of lovely old oak trees that you can have a good climb on and plenty of different paths going around the woods to choose from. The car park is free but quite small and with a height limit of 1.83m but there are plenty of residential streets nearby that you can park on and walk into the woods from there. There is also a small outdoor gym area if that’s what you’re...
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Bostall Heath and Woods are great for de-stressing… the conservation areas with the hedgerow of cherry, hawthorn and oak trees give shelter and a feeding place for the birds with their birdsong, the clover, daisies, various wild grasses and other wildflowers for the bees and grasshoppers and crickets with their chirping on a sunny day are bliss. Meadow pipits now use the long grass of the conservation areas to catch small insects. You can occasionally see kestrels hovering as they catch the wind and scour the ground for prey. As the sun goes down the pipistrelles and brown long-eared bats come out to feed using the hedgerows and trees as natural feeding corridors with their amazing aerial displays....
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Located on the Bexley/Greenwich borders, but technically in Greenwich, these are truly beautiful woods (although not quite as nice and varied as Lesnes Abbey Woods). The ground is mostly flat and good for dog walking.
My only beefs are the amount of wreaths attached to memorial benches - this actually stops people being able to sit down. Also, there are too many oiks riding mini motorbikes charging about.
The Friends Group (FOBHAW) consists of some nice useful practical members, BUT also a few much older people who are rude, dismissive, and bring literally nothing to the organisation. I left pretty sharpish after being literally barked at by one of these 'people' and their...
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