Wellbeing in Bromley’s green spaces

Green Gyms aim to provide practical conservation activities (from gentle weeding through to the construction of new features) with an emphasis on health and fitness. There are currently two that operate within the borough:

• Friends of Winsford Gardens (Formerly known as Penge Green Gym): they meet in Winsford Gardens, Garden Road, London, SE20 7RN every Wednesday 11 am to 2 pm. For more information, please visit the Penge Green Gym website.
• Bromley Green Gym: they meet at College Green and Slip, West Street, Bromley, BR1 1PA every Friday 11 am to 2 pm. For further information, please contact through the friends forum or directly on Facebook.

There are wellbeing walks (organised by friends of parks) in our parks. The Bromley Friends Forum events page highlights some national events and local events are often promoted on Idverde’s Bromley parks X (Twitter) page. However, many events are not on the websites. Please contact the relevant friends of park group to see what is coming up.

The Big Bromley Brush up is a year-round campaign to make Bromley cleaner and safer. It can be a great opportunity to meet new people. Regular litter picks can be found on the Big Bromley events page.

Zero to hero runners is a free running group mainly based in Norman Park. They encourage and help individual start running. Their main club runs are on Wednesday at 9:45 am to 11:15 am. However, this might vary, and more information can be found on the Zero to hero runners website.

Parkrun is an organisation that runs free weekly 5km events throughout the borough. All events run every Saturday at 9 am. It is for all abilities, and you can walk, jog, run or spectate. Parkrun events across the borough can be found on the Parkrun website. Parkruns within the borough include (with many more across London):

• Crystal Palace Parkrun, Cystal Palace Park, SE20 8DS
• Beckenham Place Parkrun, BR3 1SY
• Hoblingwell Parkrun, Leesons Way, Orpington BR5 2QB
• Orpington Parkrun, Goddington Park, BR6 9DH
• Bromley Parkrun, Norman Park, BR2 9EF

ParkBathe run free mindful walks within many of the borough's parks such as Priory Gardens, Cator Park and Crystal Palace Park (managed by the Crystal Palace Park Trust). Their upcoming events can be found via Linktree.

The Ramblers have weekly wellbeing walks in Bromley with walks ranging from 10 to 90 minutes in length.

The Proper Blokes Club also host a weekly wellbeing walk in Bromley for men. This is being hosted on Wednesday 18:30 to 19:30 outside Bromley Football Club Stadium. More information can be found on the event page by Community Links Bromley.

Environment Bromley (EnBro) organise many walks a month within our parks and across the borough. Their schedule of walks and membership can be found on the Environment Bromley website.

The council has a directory of Parks in Bromley. This can be used to find your local park.

Self-guided leaflets can be purchased from the Bromley Environmental Education Centre at High Elms (BEECHE). A selection of the trail leaflets are available on the Bromley Council website.

Cicular walk leaflet packs can be purchased from the Bromley Environmental Education Centre at High Elms (BEECHE). A selection of these walk leaflets are available on the Bromley Council website.

There are over 100 miles of cycle routes across the borough. If you would like to find out more about cycle routes around Bromley, visit the Cycle routes webpage on the Bromley Council website.

Simply Connect Bromley can connect you to your local community services. Visit the Simply Connect Bromley website to find your local cycling community groups.

The council's health and wellbeing pages have more general resources on wellbeing and signpost to services.

The council's befriending page offers support for tackling loneliness and social isolation, providing links to many helpful resources and organisations.

Community Links Bromley often promote many wellbeing events within Bromley. You can find more information on the Community Links Bromley website under their events calendar.

Simply Connect Bromley has a database which promotes activities, groups, and organisation’s supporting residents though the community and voluntary sector. Most activities are low or no cost that you might like to join. You can find more information on the Simply Connect Bromley website.

The Mental Health Foundation further outlines how to look after your mental health through exercise.