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Another of London’s protected views,
though perhaps lesser known, is the panoramic vista from the top
of Point Hill in Blackheath towards the City.
The view from a small park known as The
Point (reached via Point Hill, just to the west of Blackheath)
takes in modern City skyscrapers as well as Tower Bridge, St
Paul’s Cathedral and even the dome of the Old Bailey.
While there is a danger the growth of
plants along the brow of the hill can partially block the view
(which stretches as far as Essex), it remains a splendid site
from which to view the city and no doubt was a vantage point for
those, such as the leaders of the Peasant’s Revolt of 1381,
who historically gathered on Blackheath before marching to
London.
The park, meanwhile, is host to a memorial
stone erected to mark the site where an Australian-born RAF
pilot, Flight Lieutenant Richard Carew Reynell, fell to his death
on 7th September, 1940, after his Hurricane fighter was shot down
over Blackheath on the first day of the Blitz.
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