Park Langley is a suburb of south-east

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, located in the

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to the east, Hayes and West Wickham to the south, and Eden Park to the west.

History

The area can possibly be traced back to 862, with the mention of 'landan league' in a charter, however the first definite reference is found in the 13th century, when the Langley family (or de Langele) family are recorded as owning land in this area.Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetteer'', p 376-7 The area, known as Langley Park Estate, passed through various owners over the centuries, ending up in the possession of the Goodhart family in the early 19th century, who later sold it to the

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-based building firm H & G Taylor in 1908. Modern Park Langley was first developed in the 1900s by H & G Taylor Builders. The initial phase (1909–1913) was laid out under the influence of the

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, with individual houses in a generous sylvan landscape. The layout of the estate and the design of most of the houses was entrusted to Reginald C Fry.The Ideal Home Through the Twentieth Century, Deborah S Ryan, 1997 Other architects who designed houses for this initial phase were Edgar Underwood, H. T. Bromley, Sothern Dexter, and Durrans & Groves. The first roads to be laid out were Wickham Way, Elwill Way and Hayes Way in 1909, with Malmains Way, Whitecroft Way and Styles Way following in 1910. Around 80 houses were complete by 1914, although by that time H & G Taylor had been succeeded by The London and Kent Estate Ltd. This initial phase of the estate was designated a Conservation Area in 1989. The estate development included a golf club (opened 1910), housed in the old LangleyPark Mansion, and a tennis club. The mansion was destroyed by fire in 1913. The estates most historically interesting house is 2 Whitecroft Way by Reginald C Fry – the design for which won the Ideal Home competition in 1910 and was erected at Olympia in the Ideal Home Show of 1912. The famous Langley Park Garage ( Chinese Garage), built in 1929, adjoins the first phase of the Park Langley suburb but was not part of its development. Henry Wellcome purchased part of the site in 1918 in order to construct a pharmaceutical testing laboratory. This site was closed in 1995 and later developed for housing. The area remains a wealthy one, and contains gated communities such as Langley Park and Langley Waterside. It is primarily residential, with small rows of shops located on the edge of the area on Wickham Road and Westmoreland Road. In August 2012, Bromley Council granted planning permission for Langley Court, Beckenham, Langley Court, a £150 million regeneration scheme in Beckenham by the developers Altessen (a joint venture betwee
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. Park Langley has a committee called the PLRA.

Transport

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routes 162, 352, 358 and night route N3 serve the area.

Sport & Leisure

Old Dunstonians Sports Club, owns the sports ground in St Dunstan's Lane, Langley Park. Founded in 1922 it hosts two sports clubs: Old Dunstonian RFC (founded 1903) for competitive rugby union and OD Cuaco CC (founded 2003) for competitive cricket, with tenant sports clubs providing tennis, archery and football. Beccehamians RFC a Rugby Union Club founded in 1933 plays competitive rugby at the bottom of Corkscrew Hill
Langley Park Golf Club
established in 1910 is located in Barnfield Wood Road and has hosted British Open Qualification rounds www.langleyparkgolf.co.uk Club Langley is a football and sports club in the area.

Gallery

File:Westmoreland_Road_shops.jpg, Shops on Westmoreland Road File:Langley_Waterside.jpg, Entrance to the Langley Waterside gated community File:Chart_House,_Bushey_Way.jpg, Chart House, Bushey Way File:Chinese Garage c2001 (3197849292).jpg, The Chinese Garage, now listed at grade II File:Park_Langley.jpg, Brabourne Rise, a typical street in the area, with a wide road lined by large detached houses File:Wickham_Road_shops.jpg, Shops at the bottom end of Wickham Road

References

{{LB Bromley Districts of the London Borough of Bromley