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Blythe Hill Fields, also sometimes known as Blythe Hill is an area of elevated open land in the London Borough of Lewisham that commands panoramic views over Canary Wharf, the City, Kent and Surrey. The surrounding areas of Blythe Hill Fields involve Catford to the south and southeast, Crofton Park to the north, and Forest Hill to the north west.The land stands at an elevation of 70m – which may be one of the reasons it escaped development – and was once part of Brockley Farm. A brickworks was also formerly on part of the site and a chimney remained there until 1938. Blythe Hill House was built to the south in 1842 and its grounds covered a large part of Blythe Hill Fields until it was demolished in 1895. The land where Blythe Hill Fields now stands was bought by London County Council and opened as a public park in 1935.AccessThe park can be accessed from a number of different points: Blythe Hill Lane Montacute Road Codrington Hill Brockley View.The Transport For London buses you can take are the 171, 185, 122, 284, 172, P4 and P12.ArchaeologyBlythe Hill was traversed by the Roman road to East Sussex, known today as the London to Lewes Way. It is classified as an area of archaeological priority.

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