The Camberwell Society

Society for those living, working or interested in Camberwell

First Camberwell tree walk

During the course of this 35-40 minute walk you will be guided through five parks and gardens close to St Giles Church in the centre of Camberwell. Representatives of local friends groups looking after these open spaces have chosen eight trees that are remarkable because of their size, local history, unusual appearance, or just because they are wonderful examples of their species.

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Lucas Gardens Tree Trail

This 30 - 45 minute trail through Lucas Gardens – our second tree walk in the series – visits around 30 remarkable trees in the park. Learn about a fascinating array of trees

species from all over the world right here on our Camberwell doorstep.

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Our sincere thanks to Paul Millington, the original author of the Lucas Gardens tree trail, and also to Alex Mair for all his help developing the final version.

Background to the project can be found on the London-wide Urban Tree Festival website: https://urbantreefestival.org/news/the-lucas-gardens-tree-trail


St Giles Churchyard Tree Trail

This trail through St Giles Churchyard, a beautiful green space in the heart of the Camberwell community, is the third tree walk in our series and takes around 30 minutes. Many thanks to Elaine Clarke and Paul Millington for their work on it

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The Camberwell Society was formed in 1970 and is the recognised amenity society for those living, working or interested in Camberwell.

The Society’s objectives, as defined by our constitution, are: to stimulate public interest in Camberwell, to promote high standards of planning and architecture in Camberwell, and to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in Camberwell.

We are a charity and raise money for local charities. In the past we have raised money for Southside Rehabilitation Association, St Giles Trust, Cambridge House, the CamberwellCommunity Choir, the HollingtonYouth Centre and the Camberwell Arts Festival