Honor Oak Park

Local democracy

The area is split between Crofton Park and Telegraph Hill wards.

• Your Crofton Park councillors
• Your Telegraph Hill councillors
• Crofton Park local assembly
• Telegraph Hill local assembly
• Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park neighbourhood forum and area

Leisure and arts

• Brockley Jack Theatre
• Crofton Park library

Parks and open spaces

• Blythe Hill
• Devonshire Road Nature Reserve
• Ladywell Fields
• Honor Oak Adventure Playground

Families

• Honor Oak Youth Club
• Hatcham Oak Children's Centre
• Beecroft Garden Children's Centre
• Kilmorie Children's Centre

Transport

Rail

• Honor Oak Park – London Bridge, Victoria, Caterham and East London Line

Bus

• See bus routes on TfL

Walking and cycling

• Walk-it routefinder
• Cycle routes

History

On May Day in 1602, Elizabeth 1 picnicked with Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris besides an oak tree at the summit of One Tree Hill. The tree became known as the Oak of Honor. At the top is a successor to the historic oak, planted in 1905.

There is also a gun emplacement from the First World War. A beacon (and a telegraph) were used here by the East India Company and during the Napoleonic Wars.

Useful websites