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Derelict London Abandoned Toys

Derelict London Abandoned Toys

Sad unloved, abandoned or lost toys. Creepy dolls, broken toys, forlorn playthings....
Baby's lost bunny rabbit cuddly toy in Hackney
Hackney
spurned child's dolly on burnt chair in East London
Shoreditch
Baby doll discarded onto railway line in East Dulwich, South London, SE22
East Dulwich
unpopular Golly cuddly toy in South London
New Cross
unpalatable rubber toy abandoned in Bow beside Limehouse Cut
Bow
abandoned Inflatable toy alligator in Regents Canal in Hackney
Hackney
Fltipped Winnie the Pooh desk in Plaistow, East London
Plaistow
Neglected teddy bear crucifixion on the cross or used as a scare crow in South London
Sydenham

Teddy Bear Walk - Mill Hill, NW7

cuddle duck toy with signpost for Teddy Bear walk, Mill Hill, NW7 with footpath lined with cuddly toys in the background of fields
Teddy Bear Walk - Mill Hill, NW7 (Paul Talling 2021)
I stumbled upon this footpath full of cuddly toys. I haven't seen anything like it in London since the Croydon Toy Tree a few years ago.

During summer 2020, this public footpath was turned into the 'Teddy bear walk' as something that young children could participate to brighten up COVID-19 times, both giving soft toys and enjoying the walk. As a result, there well over 100 toys spread along the path. Some became quite bedraggled by Autumn and local volunteers removed many for winter hibernation and took them home to wash and store and recently returned them to line the footpath.
Abandoned blue Teletubbies toy in a tree in North London Teddy Bear Walk
Two Smurf cuddly toys hanging on a fence in North London
Meanwhile, down in South London you can spot these cuddly creatures up a tree in Southwark Park: 
Stuffed toy tigers in the trees of Southwark Park, Rotherhithe
Tigers in the Trees of Southwark Park, Rotherhithe, SE16 (Paul Talling 2021)

Croydon - The Toy Tree RIP

Abandoned cuddly toys saved from the skip in the Croydon Toy Tree (Gloucester Road)
2014
Discarded cuddly toys in a tree and along a fence in front of skip company off St James Road, Croydon, SE London
2014

Along the Gloucester Road (at the St James Road end) was a huge collection of cuddly toys. Apparently the skip company that occupied the site found a discarded toy in one of their skips and they put it in the tree. More and more abandoned cuddly toys were added to the tree and then also along the fence above the front wall. 

The skip company have now vacated the premises along with most of the toys leaving only a few toys left in the tree.
spurned, neglected child's toys dumped and salvaged and attached to a fence
forsaken, rejected soft toys haning on a fence
Abandoned cuddly toy attached to a fence
uncared-for, unwanted, friendless soft toys in Croydon
Above pics of the Croydon Toy Tree taken in 2014 and below in 2019
Remains of toys in a tree on vacant works in Gloucester Road Croydon (at the St James Road end)
 ​Teddy bears in tree on vacant site of skip company in  Gloucester Road (at the St James Road end) Croydon, South London

Discarded dolls, lost teddies, abandoned Zippy, creepy doll, drunk baby doll and teddy on pavement after "drive by" shooting incident :

Picture of forlorn abandoned doll on Old Kent Road SE London
Old Kent Road, SE15
Cuddly toys on fence by Denmark Hill Station, SE5
Denmark Hill, SE5
Abandoned Zippy toy from Rainbow in Brixton, London, SW9
Brixton, SW9
 Derelict London Summer 2013 Brick Lane Shoreditch fire damaged chair and scary doll
Shoreditch
Sad unloved, abandoned child's doll surrounded by cigarettes and alcohol
Canning Town
Abandoned forlorn teddy bear in Elephant & Castle South London
Elephant & Castle
Discarded child's dolly. Ophelia in the Croydon Canal in Anerley
scary discarded naked doll in Dartford
miniature plastic man on the pavement in Ealing, West London
Doll sitting on the toilet in abandoned St Pancras Hotel

More shunned and broken toys, a lost balloon and kids' bikes:

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Abandoned deflated Spiderman toy in East London
stolen child's bike in barbed wire fence in South London
Lost child's helium balloon in Lewisham, London
unwanted child's doll flytipped beside Regent's Canal in Hackney
abandoned child's reindeer toy discarded on a wall in South London
Abandoned child's bike in the River Thames in Woolwich, SE London
stolen child's toy scooter and fire extinguisher on the Thames foreshore in SE London
unloved abandoned teddy bear in Peckham, South London
Child's pink bike abandoned on top of burnt out car in Dartford, Kent
Child's CND cute toy lost in hedge in Blackheath
Redundant Paddington Bear toy in window of closed down shop
abandoned and torn bunny toy in West London
abandoned cuddly teddy toy in Lillie Road, Kensington
discarded cuddly toy in South London
Mortlake mislaid monkey toy
Your Special dumped cuddly toy off the Old Kent Road
child's lost doll in South London

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