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15 acres of rat-infested and litter-strewn woodland beside Long Lane, open all the time to the public. It was shown on Thomas Bainbridges map of Croydon in 1800. The area has remained almost unaltered - litter louts, lovers and lurkers excepted - but surrounding fields have been replaced by houses and gardens.
©Philip Talmage
In Monks Orchard, these playing fields, totalling 50 acres, run from Bywood Avenue in the north to Chaucer Green in the west and Woodville Avenue in the east, the houses in Stroud Green Way back onto the western boundary. The Chaffinch Brook runs north through the Playing Fields. Another view, from the south, is in TQ3566.
©Philip Talmage
Just inside the boundary with Croydon LB, this industrial estate, to the left of the picture, occupies an area bounded by railway lines. The road that passes by is the A222.
©Philip Talmage
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>A path leads from Bywood Avenue through the wood towards Long Lane near Mardell Road.
©David Anstiss
Dist:0.1km<br/>A branch of the Chaffinch Brook runs along the southeast edge of this wood.
©Mike Quinn
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>Route of Cycle route 21.
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>A path runs parallel to Bywood Avenue, through a section of the wood beside Long Lane.
©David Anstiss
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The crossing is provided mainly for users of the cycle route that crosses Long Lane here to enter South Norwood Country Park to the left.
©Stephen Craven

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