River Shuttle at Hollyoak Wood Park
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River Shuttle at Hollyoak Wood Park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 11 Jan 2021
The River Shuttle is followed by the Shuttle Riverway which links the Green Chain Walk in Avery Hill Park with the Cray Riverway at Hall Place. The Shuttle itself rises on the northern edge of Avery Hill Park and flows into the River Cray near Hall Place. In this photograph the Shuttle Riverway is on the right as it approaches Willersley Avenue from where this photograph was taken. A small patch of ancient woodland remains in Hollyoak Wood Park. When it was all woodland the area was a royal hunting ground. In the 1839 Bexley Tithe Map the name was written in separate parts - Holly Oak Wood. During the Second World War, all but a small area of woodland was dug over for allotment food production. See http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ for an account of a walk along the Shuttle Riverway.
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