🇬🇧 Abbey Wood Fossil Park: London’s Secret Jurassic Playground! 🌳
📍 Abbey Wood Fossil Park (SE2 0AX) 🚆 Elizabeth Line to Abbey Wood → 15-min scenic walk. Fossil hunting + medieval ruins = perfect day out. 🏰 Lesnes Abbey Ruins 800-year-old monastery crumbling poetically under moody London skies. Stand under arches and feel time collapse. 🌳 The Legendary Mulberry Tree James I planted 10,000 of these for silk production—this survivor is a bonsai master’s dream (even the branches obey gravity). ⛏️ Fossil Hunting Shark teeth, seashells, and ancient sea creatures lurk in the clay slopes. Bring a trowel—digging barehanded gets old fast. 💙 Bluebell Magic April-May = carpet of bluebells ("fairy highways" in Norse myths). Even grumpy Londoners smile here. 🐕 Local Encounter Met a man with a Westie who said: "This flower field resurrected my soul." (Same, sir.) #LondonHikes #HiddenHistory #FossilHunter