Dawson’s Hill

Dawson’s Hill is a nature reserve in Lewisham, Greater London, England. Dawson’s Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lordship Lane & Dulwich Common Estate, as well as near the suburb Dulwich Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horniman Museum and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Horniman Museum

Museum

Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style.

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Art gallery

Photo: Julian Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, south London, and the oldest public art gallery in England. Opened in 1817 to a design by Regency architect Sir John Soane, it became a landmark in museum architecture through its innovative use of natural light.

Forest Hill railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Forest Hill is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Forest Hill in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lambeth and Southwark and Lewisham.

Lambeth

Photo: brodiepunk, CC BY 2.0.

Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Thomas's Hospital and County Hall.

Southwark and Lewisham

Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.

South London

Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.

South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.

Dawson’s Hill

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Dawson’s Heights”
Category: recreation area
Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4478° or 51° 26′ 52″ north

Longitude

-0.0676° or 0° 4′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C3XCWXJ+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 27456846

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dawson’s Hill Park and Goodrich Community Primary School.

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