Coney Hall is an area of Greater London, within the

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and formerly in the historic county of

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. It is located south of Hayes, west of Keston, north of Nash, and east of West Wickham of which it is usually considered a part. The

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passes through Coney Hall.

History

Coney Hall Farm was first mentioned in the 17th century, when its lease stated that the tenant had the sole right to catch coneys ( rabbits) on nearby Jackson’s Heath.Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetteer'', pgs 115-16 Coney Hall is one of many owner-occupied estates arising during the inter-War housing boom; it was built in the 1930s on hilly farmland south-east of West Wickham by the developers Morrell Brothers, who purchased Coney Hall Farm following the death of its owner Sir Henry Lennard in 1928. In the previous decade, Lennard's opposition to road developments adjacent to West Wickham Common and Hayes Common had left the area accessible only by steep and narrow lanes. In Coney Hall's early days London Transport refused to provide a bus service, and a free private coach service connected the estate to the nearest railway station, Hayes. The quality of the new houses was not always that high, with a mortgage strike by Elsy Borders of 81 Kingsway in 1937 sparking sympathy strikes elsewhere, and contributing ultimately to an improvement in the legal standing of mortgage payers. During World War II Canadian troops were billeted at Coney Hall. The area contains typical suburban architecture of two-storey houses with polygonal bay windows and half-timbered

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s. It is centred on a bend on Glebe Road, east of Coney Hall roundabout, with a smaller row of shops on Addington Road.

Transport

Rail

The nearest National Rail station is Hayes station.

Buses

*119 to

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or to Purley Way via West Wickham &

Croydon Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a Districts of England, local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater Lond ...

. 24 Hour service. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *138 to Bromley. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *246 to Bromley or to Westerham via Biggin Hill. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *314 to Eltham via Bromley or to

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. Operated by Stagecoach London for TfL. *353 to Ramsden Estate via

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or to Forestdale. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL.

Public spaces and sport

* The Assembly Halls (Community centre) * Coney Hall Recreation Ground (tennis courts, playground,

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and green space) * Well Wood (woods and green space). The Well Wood consists of ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, ash, hazel, yew, sweet chestnut, field maple, hawthorn, Douglas fir and larch, containing masses of wood anemones and wood sorrel, followed by a carpet of bluebells; it is frequented by bats, badgers, foxes, owls, woodpeckers, buzzards and many other birds. The local football club - Coney Hall FC - formed in 1973 and reached the Combined Counties League, winning the Division One championship in 2004/05. The club folded in 2016, but a new Coney Hall FC was subsequently formed to play youth football. Layhams Road runs south from Coney Hall towards the North Downs, and is a popular cycling route.Road Cycling UK https://roadcyclinguk.com/blogs/georges-blog/just-a-perfect-day.html

Gallery

File:Coney_Hall_sign.jpg, Welcome sign on Glebe Way File:Coney_Hall_roundabout.jpg, Coney Hall roundabout File:Sylvan Way, Coney Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1718703.jpg, Typical housing in Coney Hall File:Church of St John the Baptist, West Wickham BR4 - geograph.org.uk - 43177.jpg, St John's Church

References

External links

Historical images of Coney Hall
*"Road Widening In Kent Approaches To Hayes Common", B.M. Goodwin, Letters, The Times, 20 August 1931. {{LB Bromley Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Bromley