St Mary Cray
St Mary Cray is a suburb of Orpington within the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London.
St Mary Cray is a suburb of Orpington within the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London. Historically it was a market town in the county of Kent. It is located north of Orpington town centre, and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Charing Cross.
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Worth seeing in and around St Mary 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.
- 01Foots 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.
4 km · country house in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints, Orpington
The Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed church in Orpington, Bromley, London.
1.6 km · church in Orpington, London Borough of Bromley, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St 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.
3 km · Catholic church building in Bromley, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Chislehurst 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.
3.5 km · park in Chislehurst, London, UK · Wikipedia - 05Frognal 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.
2.9 km · mansion in London · Wikipedia - 06Ruxley 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 - 07Camden 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.
3.6 km · historic house in Chislehurst, London and last residence of Napoleon III · Wikipedia - 08St 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.
2.9 km · church in London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Foots Cray Meadows
Foots Cray Meadows is an area of parkland and woodland 97 hectares in size, within the London Borough of Bexley, England. It borders the suburbs of Albany Park, Sidcup, Foots Cray, North Cray and Ruxley.
4 km · park in borough of Bexley, London · Wikipedia - 10Jubilee Country Park
Jubilee Country Park is a 62-acre public park in Petts Wood in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a Local Nature Reserve and a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.
3.2 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to St Mary Cray
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 34 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 40 km · London Stansted (STN), 56 km
- Stations
- Orpington railway station, 2.4 km · Petts Wood railway station, 2.4 km · St Mary Cray railway station, 300 m · Chislehurst railway station, 3.8 km · Chelsfield railway station, 3.9 km
- London → St Mary Cray21 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £2–3
- London, Essex → St Mary Cray21 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £2–3
- Luton, Luton → St Mary Cray65 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £10–13
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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 St Mary 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 St Mary Cray
St Mary Cray is 21 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chislehurstdistrict in South East London, England3.3 km
- Orpingtontown in the London Borough of Bromley in London, England2.1 km
- Sidcupsuburban district of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley3.8 km
- Crockenhillvillage in Kent, England, UK3.9 km
- Albany Parkarea in the London Borough of Bexley, England, UK3.8 km
- Foots Craypart of London Borough of Bexley2.7 km