One Tree Hill
A wooded hill and nature reserve in Honor Oak with a surprise viewpoint at the top, looking across the London skyline to the Shard, St Paul's and, from some positions, Canary Wharf.
- Viewpoint
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The concrete platform at the summit was built in the First World War as a gun emplacement against Zeppelin raids, and a 'Seat of Peace' replaced the gun after the war.
Local tip
Open at all hours and free. Go early in the morning, when the light flatters the skyline and fewer people are about; midday is the busiest time.
Finding it
- Address
- Honor Oak Rise, London SE23 3RA
- Nearest station
- Honor Oak Park (Overground), 397 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- The Ivy HouseLondon's first community-owned pub, a 1938 Grade II-listed Truman's 'improved public house' in Nunhead that mixes gigs, quiz nights, and Sunday roasts under a locally owned co-operative.
- Peckham Rye ParkA Victorian park south of Peckham with a Japanese garden, stretches of the old River Peck and a weekly parkrun.
- Horniman Museum and GardensA free South London museum of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments set within 16 acres of gardens, opened in 1901 as a gift to the public by tea trader Frederick John Horniman.
- The Blythe Hill TavernA Grade II-listed Victorian pub on the Forest Hill and Catford border, laid out as three tiny wood-panelled rooms with framed jockey portraits and known for its traditional Irish music sessions.