Elmstead, London

Human settlement in England

Elmstead

Elmstead

Location within Greater London

OS grid reference| TQ425705
London borough|

* Bromley

Ceremonial county| Greater London
Region|

* London

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| CHISLEHURST
Postcode district| BR7
Dialling code| 020
Police| Metropolitan
Fire| London
Ambulance| London
UK Parliament|

* Eltham & Chislehurst

London Assembly|

* Bexley and Bromley

List of places

England
London

51°24′56″N 0°03′00″E﻿ / ﻿51.4155°N 0.0501°E﻿ / 51.4155; 0.0501

Elmstead is a residential district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is located north-east of Bromley.

## History

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### Toponymy

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The name is recorded in 1320 as Elmsted and means 'place where elm trees grow'. The name was shared with Elmstead Place mansion and the woodland of Elmstead Wood. After the local railway station opened it took the name Elmstead Woods.[1]

## Geography

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Elmstead Wood has public access from Elmstead Lane and other locations.[2] It lies on the Green Chain walk. It is adjacent to Sundridge Park Golf Club.

Elmstead Pit, opposite the railway station, is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which has important fossils from the Eocene epoch 50 million years ago.[3][4]

### Nearby areas

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Elmstead borders Mottingham to the north and north east, Chislehurst to the east and south east, Bickley to the south, Sundridge to the south west and west and Grove Park to the north west.

## Transport

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### Rail

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Elmstead Woods railway station serves the area with Southeastern services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via Lewisham as well as to Orpington and Sevenoaks.

Elmstead Woods station, 1991

### Buses

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Elmstead is served by one Transport for London bus service.

* 314 to Eltham and to New Addington via Bromley.

## Sport

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Elmstead has a senior football club, F.C. Elmstead, who play at Oakley Road in Bromley.

## References

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1. ^ Mills, D. (2000). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
2. ^ Elmstead Wood, Bromley Council
3. ^ "Elmstead Pit, Natural England citation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
4. ^ Elmstead Pit, Natural England, Nature on the Map

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London Borough of Bromley

Districts|

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

Attractions|

* Bethlem Gallery
* Bethlem Museum of the Mind
* Bromley Little Theatre
* Chislehurst Caves
* Churchill Theatre
* Crofton Roman Villa
* Crystal Palace
* Crystal Palace Bowl
* Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
* Down House
* St Blaise's Well

Parks and open spaces|

* Betts Park
* Chislehurst Common
* Crofton Wood
* Croydon Road Recreation Ground
* Crystal Palace Park
* Cuckoo Wood
* Downe Bank
* Elmstead Wood
* Hayes Common
* High Elms Country Park
* Jubilee Country Park
* Kelsey Park
* Keston Common
* Norman Park
* Ruxley Gravel Pits
* Saltbox Hill
* Scadbury Park
* Sundridge Park
* The Warren
* West Kent Golf Course nature reserve

Places of worship|

* Bromley Reform Synagogue
* St Botolph's Church, Ruxley
* St Edmund's Church, Beckenham
* St George's Church, Beckenham
* St John the Evangelist's Church, Penge
* St Mark's Church, Bromley
* St Mary's Church, Chislehurst
* St Mary's Church, Downe
* St Mary the Virgin, Hayes
* St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bromley

Constituencies|

* Beckenham and Penge
* Bromley and Biggin Hill
* Eltham and Chislehurst
* 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

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