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Shooters Hill, in the borough of Greenwich, is the highest point in south London.

At 432ft (132m) above sea level, it offers some magnificent views over the capital.

Shooters Hill dates as far back as 2000BC, when it served as a burial ground for Bronze Age inhabitants.

Thousands of years later, it became the main thoroughfare between Dover and London.

Shooters Hill was used by thousands of people as it was the only way to travel into the capital. They would often have valuable items or money with them, which they brought from the coast to take to innkeepers or back to their homes.

The fact this was the only road to travel along, coupled with the thick woodland which surrounded it, made it a haven for highwaymen.

They would use the forests to hide in before attacking their victims, killing them if they wouldn't surrender their loot.

Even the name Shooters Hill, first recorded in 1226, is thought to have been a reference to its associations with crime.

Shooters Hill began to develop in the 18th Century with the building of Shrewsbury Castle, most famous for housing Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, in 1799.

Severndroog Castle was built in 1784 as a memorial to East India Company captain Sir William James.

There is a farm located on Shooters Hill Woodlands Farm has been there for just over 200 years. It is home to a cow, a goat, geese, ducks, chickens and three pot-bellied pigs and is open to the public free of charge.

Shooters Hill is home to Oxleas Woods which, despite many campaigns to clear it to make land, has been preserved since 1934.

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