North Cray
North Cray is an area in South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley.

North Cray is an area in South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Sidcup and south of Bexleyheath and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) south-east of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
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Worth seeing in and around North Cray
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.
- 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.
3.8 km · park in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Broadway 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.
3.6 km · shopping mall in Greater London · Wikipedia - 03Dartford 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.
4 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Hall 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.
3.1 km · Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Foots 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.
1.1 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Bird 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.
2.1 km · performing arts college in London, England · Wikipedia - 07Bexley 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.
3.7 km · municipal building in London, England · Wikipedia - 08Kemnal Park Cemetery & Memorial Gardens
Kemnal Park Cemetery & Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in London that was opened in October 2013 by the Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Ernest Noad. It comprises 55 acres in total and in addition to the available 30,000 burial plots, features a garden of remembrance, a non-denominational chapel and car parking.
3.5 km · burial ground in London · Wikipedia - 09Frognal House
Frognal House is a Jacobean mansion in London, England, standing on the border of Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, and Chislehurst, in the London Borough of Bromley. It was built in the early 16th century.
2.2 km · mansion in London · Wikipedia - 10Ruxley Gravel Pits
Ruxley Gravel Pits is an 18.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ruxley, Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, and originally dug between 1929 and 1951. It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.
2 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ruxley, Orpington · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Cray
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 38 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 42 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km
- Stations
- Bexley railway station, 2 km · St Mary Cray railway station, 3.9 km · Sidcup railway station, 2.4 km · Albany Park railway station, 1.4 km
- London → North Cray20 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £2.5–3
- London, Essex → North Cray20 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £2.5–3
- Luton, Luton → North Cray63 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for North Cray
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 North Cray. 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 North Cray
North Cray is 20 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Bexleyborough in the London Region in England3.7 km
- Bexleyheathtown in south east London, England, United Kingdom, within the London Borough of Bexley3.9 km
- Bexleyarea of southeast London, England, United Kingdom2.1 km
- Sidcupsuburban district of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley2.3 km
- Wilmingtonvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Hextablevillage in Kent, England, UK3.5 km