Sundridge Park, also known simply as Sundridge, is an area of Greater

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within the

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and prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of

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. It is situated north of

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, north-west of Widmore and

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, south of Grove Park and south-east of

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. In the twentieth century Sundridge names began to overlap somewhat with neighbouring Plaistow, for example, the main Sundridge shopping parade by the station sits directly east of Plaistow Green, with business and facilities in the area using the two names interchangeably, and Plaistow Cemetery is actually on the Sundridge side of the border. However, during the early twenty first century there have been deliberate attempts to re-establish the separate identities of both villages, Sundridge has its own village sign, and representation has been made to the local council for a village sign for Plaistow. Plaistow refers especially to the area north of Sundridge Park station along Burnt Ash Lane, part of the

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which runs north to south between Grove Park and

History

Originally known as 'Sundresse', it is first mentioned in a charter of 987. In the middle ages the land was owned by the Le Blund family. In the early 1700s a large house was built on the site of Sundridge Park Manor; it was purchased and demolished by Sir Claude Scott in 1795, and the current building built in its place set in parkland.

Sundridge Park mansion

Sundridge Park Manor is a

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mansion that was designed by John Nash and built by Samuel Wyatt. It has been used as a management and conference centre but is to be split into luxury apartments, a process that was underway as of March 2020. Much of the mansion's former grounds now forms Sundridge Park Golf Club.

Transport

Rail

Sundridge Park railway station, provides the area with

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shuttle services to Bromley North and Grove Park where connections can be made for services to

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and London Cannon Street via

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as well as to

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and

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Buses

Sundridge is served by four

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routes * 126 to

or to

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via Grove Park &

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. *

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via Grove Park &

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or to

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via Bromley &

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to Eltham via Elmstead, Coldharbour &

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or to

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via Bromley,

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& Addington Village *

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via

& Bellingham and to Locksbottom via Bromley,

, Southborough & Bromley Common

Notable residents

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- musician, lived at 4 Plaistow Grove from 1955-65. *

Peter Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later s ...

- Russian anarchist, lived at 61 Crescent Road for a period.

Gallery

File:College_Road_Shops.jpg, Shops along College Road File:St_Mary's_Church,_College_Road.jpg, St Mary's Church, built 1861-63 File:Plaistow_Green.jpg, Plaistow Green File:Sundridge_Park_shopping_parade_2.jpg, The shopping parade along Plaistow Lane, looking east File:Sundridge_Park_shopping_parade.jpg, The shopping parade looking west File:Sundridge_Park_Golf_Course.jpg, Sundridge Park Golf Club

References

{{LB Bromley Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Bromley