{"id":2409,"date":"2010-09-28T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2010-09-27T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T22:58:57","slug":"inaugural-green-chain-walk-nunhead-to-crystal-palace-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/inaugural-green-chain-walk-nunhead-to-crystal-palace-park\/","title":{"rendered":"We strut the inaugural Green Chain walk from Nunhead to Crystal Palace Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday we went along for the\u00a0inaugural walk along Section 11 of the London Green Chain walk, starting at Nunhead\u00a0cemetery through to Crystal Palace park.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-06.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fair-sized mob of green-cap-toting folks turned up for the ribbon-cutting at Nunhead, but being fast walkers, we decided to\u00a0accelerate\u00a0ahead of the main pack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The walk takes in no less than two\u00a0cemeteries\u00a0and a crematorium and you get to see the &#8216;Oak of Honor&#8217; which lent its name to &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; the area of Honor Oak in south London.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-37.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-46.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disused railway tunnel on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/sydenham-crystal-palace.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydenham to Crystal Palace\u00a0line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/images\/green-chain-nunhead-palace-53.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Green Chain walk, inauguration of Nunhead to Dulwich Park and Crystal Palace Park section, south London, 26th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The walk\u00a0ended\u00a0at Crystal Palace, making it a pleasant 5.5 mile saunter.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/walks\/green-chain-nunhead-crystal-palace-walk.html\" target=\"_blank\">more photos from the walk here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related features:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/crystal-palace-photos.html\">Palace photos<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/sydenham-crystal-palace.html\">Sydenham to Crystal Palace park<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/crystal-palace-autumn.html\">An autumnal walk around Crystal Palace Park<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday we went along for the\u00a0inaugural walk along Section 11 of the London Green Chain walk, starting at Nunhead\u00a0cemetery through to Crystal Palace 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