Erith
Erith is an area in south-east London, England, 13.3 miles (21.4 km) east of Charing Cross.
Erith is an area in south-east London, England, 13.3 miles (21.4 km) east of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the historical county of Kent. Since 1965, it has formed part of the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north-east of Bexleyheath and north-west of Dartford, on the south bank of the River Thames.
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Worth seeing in and around Erith
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.
- 01Broadway 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.
3.5 km · shopping mall in Greater London · Wikipedia - 02Hall Place and Gardens
Hall Place is a historic building in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent.
3.8 km · Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Bexley Civic Offices
The Bexley Civic Offices is a municipal facility in Watling Street, Bexleyheath, London. It is the headquarters of the Bexley London Borough Council.
3.2 km · municipal building in London, England · Wikipedia - 04Our Lady of the Angels Church, Erith
Our Lady of the Angels Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Erith, London. It was built in 1963 by the Capuchins who have been in the area since 1867.
1.1 km · church in Erith, England · Wikipedia - 05Crayford Town Hall
Crayford Town Hall is a former municipal building in Crayford Road, Crayford, London, England. The structure, which was formerly the offices and meeting place of Crayford Urban District Council, is a locally listed building.
3.3 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Paulinus, Crayford
St. Paulinus Church is a Grade II* listed church.
2.8 km · church in Crayford, London · Wikipedia - 07The Leigh UTC
The Leigh UTC is a University Technical College for the Dartford area of Kent, England, that opened in September 2014. The UTC specialises in Engineering and Computer Sciences.
3.9 km · college in Kent, UK · Wikipedia - 08St. Augustine's Church, Slade Green
St Augustine's Church is a Victorian Church of England parish church in Slade Green, in the Diocese of Rochester. Established in 1900 as a daughter of the Church of St Paulinus in Crayford, St Augustine's became its own parish in 1925.
1.2 km · parish church in South East London · Wikipedia - 09Bexley Central Library
The Central Library is the main library for the London Borough of Bexley, now located on Townley Road in Bexleyheath. It also houses the borough's Local Studies and Archive Centre.
3.6 km · public library in London, UK · Wikipedia - 10Erith Playhouse
The Erith Playhouse is a theatre in Erith, in south-east London, England. The building was originally the Oxford Cinema.
800 m · theatre in Erith, Bexley, London, England, formerly a cinema · Wikipedia
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Getting to Erith
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 44 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 45 km · London Stansted (STN), 45 km
- Stations
- Slade Green railway station, 1.6 km · Bexleyheath railway station, 3.6 km · Belvedere railway station, 2.3 km · Crayford railway station, 3.5 km · Barnehurst railway station, 2.1 km
- London → Erith21 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £2.5–3.5
- London, Essex → Erith21 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £2.5–3.5
- Luton, Luton → Erith60 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Erith
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 Erith. 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 Erith
Erith is 20 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Bexleyborough in the London Region in England3.2 km
- Bexleyheathtown in south east London, England, United Kingdom, within the London Borough of Bexley3.6 km
- Crayfordtown in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley3.4 km
- Barnehurstarea in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK2.2 km
- Slade Greendistrict within the London Borough of Bexley2 km
- Barnes Crayarea in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK2.8 km