Sidcup
Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley.
Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is 11.3 miles (18.2 km) south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of Bromley and Greenwich. It was part of Kent prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965.
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Worth seeing in and around Sidcup
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.
3.5 km · park in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Foots 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.
1.2 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Bird 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.
300 m · performing arts college in London, England · Wikipedia - 04Kemnal 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.
1.3 km · burial ground in London · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's, Chislehurst
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Chislehurst, the Borough of Bromley, London. It was built from 1853 to 1854, and was designed by William Wardell.
2.9 km · Catholic church building in Bromley, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of Holy Trinity
The Church of Holy Trinity is a Church of England parish church in Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. The church is a grade II listed building.
3.6 km · church in Eltham, London · Wikipedia - 07Frognal 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.
1 km · mansion in London · Wikipedia - 08Ruxley 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.
2.1 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ruxley, Orpington · 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.
3.1 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.
3.1 km · historic house in Chislehurst, London and last residence of Napoleon III · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sidcup
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 39 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km
- Stations
- Bexley railway station, 3.5 km · Chislehurst railway station, 3.9 km · St Mary Cray railway station, 3.6 km · Sidcup railway station, 800 m · Albany Park railway station, 1.9 km
- London, Essex → Sidcup18 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £2–2.5
- Luton, Luton → Sidcup62 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £10–13
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sidcup181 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sidcup
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 Sidcup. 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 Sidcup
Sidcup is 18 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chislehurstdistrict in South East London, England2.1 km
- Bexleyarea of southeast London, England, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Wellingdistrict in the London Borough of Bexley, South East London3.7 km
- St Mary Craydistrict of the London Borough of Bromley3.8 km
- Longlandsarea in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK1.3 km
- New Elthamsuburban area of South East London, England2.6 km