Longlands

For other uses, see Longlands (disambiguation).

Longlands
Longlands Longlands shown within Greater London
Population	10,442 (2011 Census. Ward)^[1]
OS grid reference	TQ449722
London borough	Bexley
	Bromley
	Greenwich
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SIDCUP
Postcode district	DA14, DA15
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SE9
Post town	CHISLEHURST
Postcode district	BR7
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Old Bexley and Sidcup
	Eltham
	Bromley and Chislehurst
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
	Bexley and Bromley
	Greenwich and Lewisham
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Coordinates: 51°25′49″N 0°05′07″E / 51.4302°N 0.0854°E / 51.4302; 0.0854

Longlands ward (green) within the London Borough of Bexley (yellow)

Longlands is an area of South East London within the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. It lies north west of Sidcup

Some old maps and records have the name as two words "Long Lands", and show it was in the Foots Cray/Sidcup parish^[2] in the Hundred of Ruxley.^[3]

Found within Longlands

On Main Road there are a small number of shops including a Peugeot show room, an off license/convenience store, a fish and chip shop, a restaurant, a launderette and a small post office. Shops here seem to be somewhat over shadowed by nearby larger towns, New Eltham and especially Sidcup. Within Longlands the place gives it name to Longlands Recreation Ground, Longlands Primary School, Longlands Road and Longlands Park Crescent. Also things found within the ward of Longlands include Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Corner Roundabout, Sidcup Fire Station, Sidcup Place, two primary schools, Longlands primary school and Dulverton Primary School, one secondary school, St Mary and St Joseph's Catholic School, and a small college. These are all part of the Sidcup post town, with the exception of Dulverton Primary School which occupies the small westerly part of the ward that overlaps into the SE9postcode district, that is within the London post town.The small river Wyncham Stream also flows from Chislehurst northward through Longlands toward Lamorbey and finally into the River Shuttle.

Transport

Longlands is served by two Transport for London bus services, the 233 connecting the area with Eltham via New Eltham and to Swanley via Sidcup, as well as the 321 to New Cross Gate via Eltham and Lewisham and to Foots Cray via Sidcup. The closest rail links to Longlands are Sidcup station and New Eltham station.

Roads

Two A roads pass through Longlands, the A20 "Sidcup By-Pass Road", a dual carriageway, which runs from New Cross until it joins the M20 at Swanley in Kent, and the A211 called "Foots Cray Road" and "Main Road". They both run from northwest to southeast, the A20 being the southern most; on both these roads Longlands sits between New Eltham and Sidcup. An odd fact about the area is these A roads begin some distance apart, come closer together, they then run parallel for a short length at Longlands but move apart again without ever directly meeting; This makes the area recognizable on a map. A large concrete wall stands here separating the roads as they run parallel, stopping the faster traffic of Sidcup By Pass from swerving onto Main Road and possibly hitting on coming traffic. This wall is on the only bend of a relatively straight by-pass, and there have been several accidents involving cars crashing into this wall, that could have otherwise hit on coming traffic. around 2002 railings were put on the by-pass to prevent pedestrians attempting to cross the road, at least where the concrete wall is.

References

↑ "Bexley Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
↑ Map of Sidcup parish from Vision of Britain.org.uk
↑ Old map showing Long Lands (bottom right) in the Hundred of Ruxley. From British History Online

External links

Longlands Ward on Bexley council website

London Borough of Bexley

Districts	Abbey Wood Albany Park Barnehurst Barnes Cray Belvedere Bexley Bexleyheath Blackfen Blendon Coldblow Crayford Crook Log Crossness East Wickham Erith Falconwood Foots Cray Lamorbey Lessness Heath Longlands North Cray North End Northumberland Heath Ruxley Sidcup Slade Green Thamesmead Upton Welling West Heath

Attractions	Crossness Pumping Station Danson House Erith Playhouse Erith Stadium Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre Hall Place and Gardens Lesnes Abbey Red House (NT)

Parks and open spaces	Abbeyhill Park Bexley Woods Bursted Wood Danson Park Foots Cray Meadows Frank's Park Lamorbey Park Lesnes Abbey Woods Penhill Park Stevens Park

Constituencies	Bexleyheath & Crayford Erith & Thamesmead Old Bexley & Sidcup

Rail stations	Albany Park Barnehurst Belvedere Bexley Bexleyheath Crayford Erith Falconwood Sidcup Slade Green Welling

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

London Borough of Bromley

Districts	Anerley Aperfield Beckenham Berry's Green Bickley Biggin Hill Bromley Bromley Common Broom Hill Chelsfield Chislehurst Crystal Palace Cudham Downe Eden Park Elmers End Elmstead Farnborough Foxbury Goddington Green Street Green Hayes Hazelwood Hockenden Horns Green Keston Leaves Green Locksbottom Longlands Luxted Mottingham New Beckenham Orpington Park Langley Penge Petts Wood Plaistow Poverest Pratt's Bottom Ruxley St Mary Cray St Paul Cray Shortlands Single Street Southborough South Street Sundridge Sydenham Upper Norwood West Wickham Widmore

Attractions	Bromley Museum Chislehurst Caves Churchill Theatre Crofton Roman Villa Crystal Palace Museum Down House Wickham Theatre

Parks and open spaces	Petts Park Bromley Wood Chislehurst Common Covet Wood Crystal Palace Park Cuckoo Wood Cudham Frith Darrick Wood Elmstead Wood Hayes Common High Elms Country Park Jubilee Country Park Kelsey Park Norman Park Poverest Recreation Ground Scadbury Park Sundridge Park

Places of worship	St George's Church, Beckenham St John the Evangelist, Penge St Mary's Church, Downe St Mary the Virgin, Hayes St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bromley

Constituencies	Beckenham Bromley and Chislehurst Lewisham West and Penge Orpington

Rail stations and tram stops	Anerley Avenue Road Beckenham Road Beckenham Junction Bickley Birkbeck Bromley North Bromley South Chelsfield Chislehurst Clock House Crystal Palace Eden Park Elmers End Elmstead Woods Hayes Kent House Knockholt Lower Sydenham New Beckenham Orpington Penge East Penge West Petts Wood Ravensbourne St Mary Cray Shortlands Sundridge Park West Wickham

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings Parks and open spaces People Public art Schools

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Districts	Abbey Wood Avery Hill Blackheath Charlton Coldharbour Deptford Eltham Greenwich Greenwich Peninsula/North Greenwich Horn Park Kidbrooke Longlands Mottingham New Charlton New Eltham Plumstead Shooter's Hill Thamesmead Westcombe Park Woolwich

Attractions	The Bob Hope Theatre Charlton House Cutty Sark Eltham Palace Emirates cable car Fan Museum Royal Artillery Barracks The Royal Artillery Museum Greenwich Theatre National Maritime Museum The O2 arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) Old Royal Naval College Ranger's House Royal Observatory Severndroog Castle St Alfege Church Thames Barrier The Valley (Charlton Athletic Football Club) Woolwich Ferry

Street markets	Greenwich Market

Parks and open spaces	Avery Hill Park Bostall Heath and Woods Charlton cemetery Charlton Park East Greenwich Pleasaunce Eltham Common Eltham Park Greenwich Cemetery Greenwich Park Hornfair Park Maryon Park Maryon Wilson Park Oxleas Wood Plumstead Common Sutcliffe Park Woolwich cemetery Woolwich Common

Constituencies	Erith and Thamesmead Eltham Greenwich and Woolwich

Bridges and tunnels	Blackwall Tunnel Greenwich foot tunnel Woolwich foot tunnel

Rail stations	Abbey Wood Charlton Cutty Sark Deptford Bridge Eltham Elverson Road (in LB of Lewisham) Greenwich Kidbrooke Maze Hill Mottingham New Eltham North Greenwich Plumstead Westcombe Park Woolwich Arsenal Woolwich Dockyard

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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