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Bagshot Court, Prince Imperial Road, LONDON, SE18 4JS

Most of the roads in this area around the former Woolwich Military Academy have military or royal names. I am unsure whether the housing did or still does belong to the Army.

The path leads from the dead end of Academy Place Image towards Prince Imperial Road and thence to Red Lion Lane.

Looking southwards from the northern end of the path: see also Image

Red Lion Lane is one-way downhill as far as this point. TO the right just beyond the width restriction is the entrance to "Shooters Hill Post 16 campus" Image

With the Eagle pub at a top of a slight hill behind the photographer, this is a continuation of the gentle downward slope towards Woolwich Common. The traffic-calming devices are an attempt to slow vehicles down outside the entrance to Shooter's Hill Post-16 College (on the right, behind the waste bin). In a former life it was Shooter's Hill Grammar School. It amalgamated with Bloomfield Secondary Modern School in 1973 and became Eaglesfield Comprehensive School, closing in 2005. The comedian "Frankie" Howerd (1917-92), who lived in nearby Eltham, described himself as having been "lightly educated" here when it was a grammar school.

A view of the Church of St Michael and All Angels (1902-04) situated in an area that is now referred to as Village Square by the site developers, together with a block of new houses in the distance. According to their promotional material the developers have already committed themselves to converting the church into an arts and culture centre providing studio space for local artists and an open space for the use of residents for exercise classes, art lessons and cultural events.

As Red Lion Lane descends towards where Woolwich Common (i.e. the road ahead) joins Herbert Road (that branches off to the right), the castellated buildings of former Royal Military Academy site are visible on the left. The gateposts on the left - immediately behind the "Two Way Traffic" road sign - however, is a private cul-de-sac called Prince Imperial Road that services a small estate of "Ministry of Defence" residential accommodation.

The former Eagle Tavern sitting halfway along Red Lion Lane, a road linking Shooter's Hill (ahead) with Woolwich Common. It was converted into a small number of flats in 2015.

The Eagle Tavern is situated approximately halfway along Red Lion Lane, a road that connects Shooter's Hill with Woolwich Common. The road joining Red Lion Lane on the right of the picture is Constitution Rise.

Royal Artillery Grand Depot block, Woolwich, photographed in 1959. The Royal Artillery, long associated with Woolwich, are now moving to Larkhill in Wiltshire.