New Eltham

Worth seeing in and around New Eltham

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.

   1.8 km · historic house museum · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Severndroog Castle

   Severndroog Castle is a folly designed by architect Richard Jupp, with the first stone laid on 2 April 1784. While commonly referred to as a castle due to its turrets, it was built as a folly, as can be discerned by its small size and because it has never functioned as a castle.

   3.3 km · Grade II* listed folly in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Danson 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.

   3.9 km · park in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Greenwich Cemetery

   Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London. It is situated on the southwestern slopes of Shooter's Hill, on the western side of the A205 South Circular, Well Hall Road, approximately halfway between Woolwich, to the north, and Eltham, to the south.

   3.7 km · cemetery in Greenwich, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Grove Park Cemetery

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

   2.8 km · cemetery in Lewisham, London · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Sutcliffe Park

   Sutcliffe Park is a 16.7-hectare public park in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is located west of Eltham town centre, east of Lee Green, north of Horn Park and south of Kidbrooke.

   3.5 km · public park in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bird 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.

   2.7 km · performing arts college in London, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Foots 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.

   3.6 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Chinbrook 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.

   3.1 km · park in London Borough of Lewisham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Chislehurst 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.

    3.1 km · park in Chislehurst, London, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to New Eltham

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 37 km · London Stansted (STN), 51 km

Stations

Elmstead Woods railway station, 3 km · Chislehurst railway station, 3.7 km · Sidcup railway station, 2.4 km · Welling railway station, 3.7 km · Falconwood railway station, 2.5 km

• London, Essex → New Eltham

  16 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £1.5–2
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  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → New Eltham

  178 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £22–29
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