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Elmstead, London

Elmstead is a residential district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley.

Elmstead, London
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The place

Elmstead is a residential district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is located north-east of Bromley.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Elmstead, London

10 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.

  1. 01
    Eltham Palace

    Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence, to which an Art Deco extension was added in the 1930s.

    3.5 km · historic house museum · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hayes Lane

    Hayes Lane, currently known as the Copperjax Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Bromley, Greater London, England. Located between Bromley town centre and Hayes, it is the home of Bromley Football Club and London City Lionesses.

    3.5 km · association football stadium in England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Grove Park Cemetery

    Grove Park Cemetery is a cemetery in Chinbrook, Grove Park in the London Borough of Lewisham, that opened in 1935.

    1.4 km · cemetery in Lewisham, London · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bromley Town Hall

    Bromley Town Hall is a municipal building in Tweedy Road, Bromley, London. Built in 1906, it is a Grade II listed building.

    2.4 km · town hall in Bromley, Greater London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bromley Parish Church Memorial

    The Bromley Parish Church Memorial commemorates the deceased parishioners of World War I. The war memorial was designed and constructed by British sculptor Sydney March, of the March family of artists.

    2.9 km · war memorial in London · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bromley War Memorial

    The Bromley War Memorial in Bromley, Greater London, England commemorates the fallen of World War I and World War II. It was designed by British sculptor Sydney March, of the March family of artists.

    3 km · war memorial in London · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    London South East Colleges

    Bromley College of Further and Higher Education, trading as London South East Colleges, is a large college of further education and higher education operating in south-east London, England. It is a partner college of six of the twelve schools of the University of Greenwich.

    3.3 km · college in Bromley, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Churchill Theatre

    The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, southeast London, was built by the London Borough of Bromley according to designs by the borough architect's department. The Churchill is an example of a repertory theatre built in the style of European opera houses, with a large stage and sub-stage workshops.

    2.8 km · theatre in Bromley, London, England · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bromley & Sheppard’s Colleges

    Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges are located in Bromley and today provide accommodation for retired clergy and their dependents. Bromley College provides 40 self-contained dwellings, and Sheppard's College a further seven.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed building in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Mary’s Church

    St Mary's Church, Bromley is a Church of England parish church in what was the village of Plaistow in Bromley. It was consecrated in 1863 and enlarged three times between 1881 and 1900.

    2.4 km · Church of England church in Bromley, Kent · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Elmstead, London

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 34 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 36 km · London Stansted (STN), 54 km
Stations
Bromley South railway station, 2.9 km · Bickley railway station, 1.8 km · Petts Wood railway station, 3.4 km · Ravensbourne railway station, 4 km · Shortlands railway station, 3.5 km
  • London, Essex → Elmstead, London
    16 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £2–3
  • Luton, Luton → Elmstead, London
    60 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £10–13
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Elmstead, London
    178 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · £22–30
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Elmstead, London

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 Elmstead, London. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: London/Greenwich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    125 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    329 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    393 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    576 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    611 km

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Around it

Next door to Elmstead, London

Elmstead, London is 16 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • London Borough of Bromleyborough in the London Region in England2.4 km
  • Chislehurstdistrict in South East London, England2 km
  • Bromleylarge suburban district of south east London, England2.4 km
  • Sidcupsuburban district of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley3.8 km
  • Bickleydistrict of Bromley, London, United Kingdom1.7 km
  • Downhamarea in the London Borough of Lewisham, UK3.3 km