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What is behind the fence

The view.

Most of these were taken when people could still walk up. That is the whole argument, really: this is not a picture of somewhere far away. It is the top of a hill in SE15.

Been up there, or taken something from the streets below? Share it with #NunheadReservoir or post it in the Telegram group.

Video

Still from a 360 degree video at the top of Nunhead Reservoir, showing the grass expanse, the handrail and the city beyond.
Nunhead Reservoir, 360° video — September 2023, by Jamie Bykov-Brett. Drag to look around.
Still from a BBC London news report filmed in Nunhead, showing people being interviewed in the street.
Nunhead on BBC London — report by Daniel Henry.

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Photographs

Two people sit close together on a graffitied concrete block at the top of the reservoir, silhouetted against a gold sky, with the London skyline and the Eye on the horizon.
Photo: electricpedals
Two people sit on the concrete block watching the sun set behind the rooftops of south London.
Photo: electricpedals
Three figures walk along the flat top of the reservoir at dusk, the city reduced to a pale silhouette behind them.
Photo: 58955108@N05
An orange and grey sunset over the whole of south London seen from the reservoir, with tower blocks catching the last light.
Photo: electricpedals
The city at night from the reservoir: a thin band of orange on the horizon above thousands of lights.
Photo: electricpedals
Two people stand on a concrete block on the wide grass top of the reservoir, dwarfed by the open space around them.
Photo: eaglesham
An aerial view of the reservoir: a large flat green rectangle ringed by fencing, surrounded by terraced streets, with the City of London on the horizon.
Photo: Thames Water
A long flight of concrete steps climbing the grass bank to the top of the reservoir, with people gathered at the summit.
Photo: Campaign photograph
The flat grass top of the reservoir in daylight, its fence running the length of the far edge, with the skyline beyond.
Photo: Campaign photograph
The London skyline on a hazy day seen across the reservoir, the Shard and the City towers rising out of the haze.
Photo: Campaign photograph
Allotments and back gardens below the reservoir, with the hill and its treeline rising behind them.
Photo: Campaign photograph
The steel security fence running the length of the reservoir, with the city visible through and above it.
Photo: Campaign photograph

You should be able to stand there yourself.

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