Aerial view from 1949, used with permission from the Britain From Above website.

Dead centre of this image is the bridge carrying the Greenwich Park line over Brookmill Road (still in situ twenty years after the official abandonment of the line).
The trackbed going toward the top left is heading in the Nunhead direction. The tracks at the top left are the mainline ones from London Bridge down to Lewisham. The platform ends are those of St.John's station. There was a bridge over the tracks at this point carrying the Greenwich Park line.

The trackbed heading from the bridge in the centre to the bottom right is heading toward the terminus at Greenwich Park.

Both sections of the trackbed seen here still exist to a large extent.

It would perhaps have been a bit foolish to have expected to find tangible remains of a line that had closed so long ago. Astonishingly though, at the time of this visit (86 years after closure), there were these two small sections of embankment remaining where the line crossed over Brookmill Road, as detailed above. This photo was taken looking back in the Nunhead direction.

The trackbed on the other side of the road is now the Brookmill Nature Reserve, while the trackbed on which the photographer is standing is part of Brookmill Park.

The remains of the embankment in Brookmill Park, running from left to right.

(photo: Aug 2013)

Aerial view from 1949, used with permission from the Britain From Above website.

(1) The bridge over Brookmill Road, as detailed above.
(2) The bridge over the Ravensbourne River. There is no evidence of this bridge today.
(3) These houses no longer exist and Everson Road station on the DLR is there now.
(4) The trackbed heading up to Greenwich Park station. The viaduct that was here looks like it is in the process of being demolished.

From here, the line continued in cutting under Morden St and Lewisham Road to reach Blackheath Hill station.

The viaduct that crossed Ravensbourne river, continued in a left to right direction here. The block of flats in the centre of the photo is built exactly where the viaduct was.

Everson Road station, on the Docklands Light Railway, is behind and to the left of the photographer's position.

(photo: May 2022)

The location of the Blackheath Hill station building. The front of the station building was level with the wall seen in the photo. The imprint of the side of the station building can be seen on the wall of the block of flats on the right. Note however that the station building was rebuilt after closure, although some parts of the old station building were incorporated into the rebuilt version.
The entire site was cleared in 1987 for the construction of the building seen here.

The line itself ran perpendicular to the road in a short tunnel.

For further reading, see Disused-Stations.

(photo: Jun 2012)

North of the Blackheath Hill station site looking back southwards. The track passed under the access road here. The electricity substation seen here may provide access to the track bed underneath. There is still a bridge buried under the road, approximately where the photographer is standing. Access is believed to be available to the fire service, who use it as a training area.

(photo: May 2022)

Lindsell Street, looking east. The electricity substation in the photo above this one, can be seen on the right hand side. The track route ran from left to right under the road here. Interestingly, there is still a road sign here warning of a weight restriction for the bridge. The bridge is not visible however and is buried beneath the road, yet still is only strong enough to support 17 tons of weight.

(photo: May 2022)