Longlands

For other uses, see Longlands (disambiguation).

Longlands
Longlands  Longlands shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ449722
London borough	Bexley
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
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Old Bexley and Sidcup
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
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Longlands ward (green) within the London Borough of Bexley (yellow)

Longlands is a place and suburb in southeast London, England, that straddles the boundaries of three London Boroughs, Bromley, Greenwich, and Bexley. In the London Borough of Bexley, Longlands is the name of the electoral ward that covers the southwest corner of that borough. Longlands has three post towns, SIDCUP, LONDON, and CHISLEHURST over four postcode districts,SE9 , DA14 , DA15 and BR7 . Some old maps and records have the name as two words "Long Lands", and show it was in the Foots Cray/Sidcup parish in the Hundred of Ruxley.

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. London Buses also serve Main Road and its side roads, including the "321", the "160" and the "233". There are no buses or shops on this part of the A20, however there is a Jack Nicklaus golf centre other sports grounds here but they actually fall just south of the ward and borough boundary.

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 SE9 postcode 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.

Education

For education in Longlands see the main London Borough of Bexley article

Transport and locale

Nearby places

• Sidcup - to the east
• Lamorbey - northeast.
• Blackfen - northeast.
• Avery Hill - north.
• New Eltham - west
• Chislehurst - south
• Foots Cray - southeast.

Nearby railway stations

• Sidcup railway station
• New Eltham railway station
• Chislehurst railway station

Roads

Two A roads pass through Longlands, the A20 "Sidcup By-Pass Road", a dual carriageway, primary route to and from London, 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.

External links

• Longlands Ward on Bexley council website
• Map of Longlands Ward on Bexley council website. (Ordnance Survey map ©Crown 2006)