Crayford
Crayford is a town and electoral ward in South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley.
Crayford is a town and electoral ward in South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies east of Bexleyheath and north west of Dartford. Crayford was in the historic county of Kent until 1965. The settlement developed by the river Cray, around a ford that is no longer used.
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Worth seeing in and around Crayford
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Danson Park
Danson Park is a public park in the London Borough of Bexley, South East London, located between Welling and Bexleyheath. At 75 hectares, it is the second largest public park in the borough, and the most used by the community.
4.5 km · park in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Dartford Heath
Dartford Heath Common is an area of open heathland situated to the south-west of Dartford, Kent, England, that covers around 314 acres of open space. Dartford Heath is classified as lowland heath and is one of only two substantial heathland blocks remaining in Kent.
1.6 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath
Broadway Shopping Centre is the principal covered shopping centre in the town centre of Bexleyheath and is the largest single covered shopping facility in the London Borough of Bexley.
2.6 km · shopping mall in Greater London · Wikipedia - 04Foots Cray Place
Foots Cray Place was one of the four country houses built in England in the 18th century to a design inspired by Palladio's Villa Capra near Vicenza. Built in 1754 near Sidcup, Kent, Foots Cray Place was demolished in 1950 after a fire in 1949.
4.9 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crayford
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 42 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 44 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km
- Stations
- Bexleyheath railway station, 3.7 km · Slade Green railway station, 2.2 km · Stone Crossing railway station, 5.7 km · Bexley railway station, 2.5 km · Belvedere railway station, 5.2 km
- London → Crayford22 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £2.5–3
- London, Essex → Crayford22 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £2.5–3
- Luton, Luton → Crayford63 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Crayford
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crayford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextPopularly known as the Garden of England due to its green landscape, the county includes a number of attractions that could be included on day trips outside of the capital.
- Go nextFrom the Greenwich Peninsula, take the IFS Cloud Cable Car (formerly Emirates Air Line) – the UK's first urban cable car.
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Next door to Crayford
Crayford is 22 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Bexleyborough in the London Region in England2 km
- Swanleytown and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England5.5 km
- Bexleyheathtown in south east London, England, United Kingdom, within the London Borough of Bexley3.2 km
- Erithdistrict of South East London within the London Borough of Bexley3.2 km
- Bexleyarea of southeast London, England, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Purfleet-on-Thamestown in Essex, UK5.9 km