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Dist:0.1km north<br/>The building in the foreground is the church hall (dating from 1884) and behind is the east end of the parish church (1893).
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©Paul Francis
Dist:0.5km south<br/>The park was opened in August 1905 following the acquisition of Mountsfield, the former house of Henry Stainton.
©Stuart Cankett
Dist:0.6km north<br/>in Lewisham High Street. The fire station is the setting for Bridget Jones's ignominious television appearance http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243155/ . Beyond, in [[TQ3875]] is Lewisham Congregational Church, built in 1867. http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/lewisham/lewisham-high-street-1874.htm view from roughly the same position in c. 1874.
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:0.6km north<br/>The water tower of the hospital, later called Hither Green Hospital http://www.lewisham.nhs.uk/history.php is now surrounded by new housing. Off Stainton Road.
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:0.6km west<br/>These blocks are opposite University Hospital Lewisham. From left to right, the blocks are called Malling, Bredgar and Kemsley -- named after 3 Kent villages. A war memorial is also visible to the left of the picture.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.6km west<br/>This religious centre is on Lewisham High Street.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Parish Church of St. Mary, photographed from Ladywell Recreation Ground in 1959. picture scanned from old Agfacolor slide.
©David Wright
Dist:0.7km west<br/>These are the steps leading up from the west door of St Mary's church, Lewisham, up to the font. The west door is rarely used, so these quotations from the "psalms of ascent" are not much seen.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.7km west<br/>
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.7km west<br/>The view in 2008 from Ladywell Fields. Compare the historic view [[65149]].
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Approaching the junction of Davenport Road (to right).
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.8km north<br/>
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.8km west<br/>Since Danny Robinson took his photo [[227032]] in 2006, this area has been landscaped including routing a stream through the park in meandering fashion. This is part of the QUERCUS project http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/Business/EconomicDevelopment/EuropeanProjects/LIFEEnvironment/QUERCUS/ using EU money for flood prevention and landscape improvements.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.8km south<br/>This is a Parade of shops on Brownhills road to the east of Catford on the south circular road.
©Glyn Baker

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