Southwark · managed by London Wildlife Trust (leased from the London Borough of Southwark)
Sydenham Hill Wood and Cox's Walk
network · moderate
Off-lead rules
On-lead required
On a lead
wildlondon.org.ukChecked 19 July 2026
This is the evidence for off-lead rules at Sydenham Hill Wood and Cox's Walk. It was read from wildlondon.org.uk on 19 July 2026.The London Wildlife Trust's reserve page states dogs must be on a lead.
On-lead areas: Dogs on a lead throughout. Visitors are asked to keep to the paths.
A Public Spaces Protection Order applies here. Southwark's borough-wide dog control orders apply; Southwark also operates a Dog Control Order at One Tree Hill nature reserve limiting walkers to 4 dogs at a time.
The walk itself
- Start point
- Crescent Wood Road entrance
- Nearest station
- Sydenham Hill
- Terrain
- remnant ancient woodland on a steep hillside
- Surface
- unsurfaced woodland paths, steps
- Accessibility
- poor - steep and unsurfaced
- Mud
- high
- How quiet
- high
- Suits a reactive dog
- good
- Water access
- No
- Swimming allowed
- No
- Livestock
- No
- Wildlife
- high
- Stiles
- Not stated
- Gates
- Yes
- Lighting
- No
- Toilets
- No
- Waste bins
- Not stated
- Parking
- Yes
- Café on site
- No
“Not stated” means our source did not cover it. We leave gaps rather than fill them.
Notes
11 hectares, open at all times. Free street parking on Crescent Wood Road. Nearest toilet is the Changing Places toilet at Dulwich Park. Sydenham Hill station is a 10-minute walk; Forest Hill is the nearest step-free station. Coordinates from the London Wildlife Trust page.
Where to eat afterwards
Verified dog-friendly venues within about two kilometres, closest first. Straight-line distance, not walking distance.
- The Rosendale
1.9 km · dogs inside
Rules changed?
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