Longlands
Longlands is an area of South East London that straddles the boundaries of the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Longlands is an area of South East London that straddles the boundaries of the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. It lies north west of Sidcup and south east of Eltham.
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Worth seeing in and around Longlands
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.
- 01Eltham 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.
3.2 km · historic house museum · Wikipedia - 02Danson 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.
3.7 km · park in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Grove Park Cemetery
Grove Park Cemetery is a cemetery in Chinbrook, Grove Park in the London Borough of Lewisham, that opened in 1935.
3.5 km · cemetery in Lewisham, 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.
2.4 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Bird College
BIRD Conservatoire is an independent performing arts college, located in Sidcup, South East London, in the London Borough of Bexley. The college was founded as a dance school by Doreen Bird in 1946 and now provides specialist vocational training in dance and musical theatre, at further and higher education level.
1.4 km · performing arts college in London, England · Wikipedia - 06St Botolph's Church, Ruxley
St Botolph's Church is a church building in Ruxley, in the London Borough of Bromley, southeast London, England. It was constructed in the thirteenth century and dedicated to Botwulf of Thorney.
4 km · church in London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Danson House
Danson House is a Palladian mansion and a Grade I listed building at the centre of Danson Park, in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London.
3.7 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Chinbrook Meadows
Chinbrook Meadows is a park in southeast London, England, one of Lewisham's public open spaces. It is located between Chinbrook and Grove Park in the London Borough of Lewisham adjacent to the boundary with the London Borough of Bromley.
4 km · park in London Borough of Lewisham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Chislehurst Common
Chislehurst Common is an open space in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley in south-east London. It is jointly managed with St Paul's Cray Common.
2.6 km · park in Chislehurst, London, UK · Wikipedia - 10Camden Place
Camden Place is a country house in Chislehurst in Bromley, London, England. The house, which is now used as the club house of Chislehurst Golf Club, is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 km · historic house in Chislehurst, London and last residence of Napoleon III · Wikipedia
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Getting to Longlands
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 38 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km
- Stations
- Welling railway station, 4 km · Elmstead Woods railway station, 3.2 km · Chislehurst railway station, 3.3 km · Sidcup railway station, 1.4 km · Falconwood railway station, 3.2 km
- London, Essex → Longlands17 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £1.5–2.5
- Luton, Luton → Longlands61 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £10–13
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Longlands46 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–8
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Longlands
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 Longlands. 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 Longlands
Longlands is 17 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chislehurstdistrict in South East London, England1.7 km
- Q2057625district of south London, England3.3 km
- Sidcupsuburban district of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley1.3 km
- Wellingdistrict in the London Borough of Bexley, South East London3.7 km
- Albany Parkarea in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK1.3 km
- North Crayarea of south-east London, in the London Borough of Bexley3.5 km