Scadbury Manor

Ruins of old Scadbury Manor. A small moated ruin, with remnants of the building walls and fireplaces. Worth a peek if you're walking in Scadbury Nature Reserve. Just a short detour off one of the main footpaths.

We went on the open day run by ODAS . An excellent afternoon, fascinating history. Lovely volunteers and very knowledgeable. Thank you ODAS

Lovely walk, really enjoyed it

Nice Park

Very nice circular walk from Chislehurst Station. 12kms moderate level of difficulty. Scadbury Manor looked nice although needs some work to maintain it.

Sadly it’s all (high) fenced off while restoration work is ongoing. Attempted to go during open house weekend but there were no times on the website, billed as self guided tour. Unfortunately there was only a 2 hour window and I was 3 hours too early!

Much of Scudbury is a working farm with very beautiful woodland.

The ancient woodland there existed for a very long time, even before people settled there!

Cycling, horse riding and fishing are not allowed there.

While enjoying our walks through this amazing woods, we came across the Scadbury Manor House, which can be seen from public footpath across the moat together with well and apple store.

Scadbury Manor forms part of an important medieval and post-medieval moated site.

It has been there since the 13th century but the brickwork that you will see there is from the house which was built in the 15th century for the rich and powerful Walsingham family.

Edmund Walsingham was Henry VIII's Lieutenant of the Tower of London and responsible for prisoners including Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell.

Today, the Manor site is owned by London Borough of Bromley. The Manor house on the island, the moat and the surrounding
land (including the footpath by the moat) are designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The public footpath is well signed, so you won't get lost there.

It is definitely great place to come for walks with family and furry friends.

The manor is currently undergoing renovation works and will be open for visitors next September! Lovely and peaceful place!