Wyncham Stream

Wyncham Stream
Location
Country	England
County	Greater London
London Boroughs	Bromley, Bexley
Places	Chislehurst, Longlands, Sidcup, Lamorbey, Blackfen
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Chislehurst, London Borough of Bromley
• elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Mouth
• location	Blackfen, London Borough of Bexley
• elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Length	5.6 km (3.5 mi)

Wyncham Stream (Also spelt Wincham Stream) is a small river within the London Boroughs of Bexley and Bromley in southeast London, England, United Kingdom. It is 5.6 km (3.5 mi) in length and is a tributary of the River Shuttle.

The stream rises from several sources in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley and the BR7 post code area. It then flows north through Foxbury and Kemnal, with small ponds and woodlands such as Ash Grove on its course, following some of Kemnal Road and passing through the sports grounds of Flamingo Park and the Jack Nicklaus Golf Centre. It continues northeast under the Sidcup By-Pass (A20) and the adjacent Foots Cray Road (A211) into the London Borough of Bexley and DA15 post code area. It then flows under the section of railway line between Sidcup and New Eltham stations and under several residential roads, including Halfway Street (B2214), passing through Longlands, Lamorbey, on the northwest side of Sidcup. Where the stream passes under Halfway Street, the bridge here was named Wincham Bridge in the early twentieth century, and Vincent Bridge in the nineteenth century. The stream then passes through some small green areas including allotments, the small Beverley Wood, and finally flows into Blackfen where it joins the longer River Shuttle in Hollyoak Wood Park.

Some of the stream's course lies between the backs of domestic gardens, while in other places some roads have been built with a separate lane either side of the river with narrow grassy banks. Some of the small nearby residential roads have river-related names, such as Wyncham Avenue, taken directly from the river, but also: Brooklands Road, Brookend Road, and Shuttle Close after the River Shuttle.

Wyncham Stream
Blackfen Hollyoak Wood Park River Shuttle Wyncham Stream Oaklands Avenue drain Beverley Wood Shuttle Close Annadale Road Woodlands Avenue Wyncham Avenue Halfway Street, A2212 road (Wincham Bridge), Lamourbey Longmeadow Road Brookend Road Old Farm Avenue Old Farm Avenue Allotments Old Farm Avenue Allotments Dartford Loop Line Dulverton Primary School Harland Avenue Allotments Dulverton Road Frensham Road Brooklands Avenue Wyncham Stream Longlands Stream Harland Avenue Blenhelm Court Marechal Niel Avenue Longlands  A211  Main Road Woodchurch Close London Borough of Bexley  A20  Sidcup By-Pass London Borough of Bromley Kemnal Park Cemetery Partridge Stream Kemnal Partridge Shaw Kemnal Stream Young Alders Belmont Lane Open Space Kemnal Road Ashen Grove Belmont Belmont Stream Kemnal Wood Woodside Avenue Kemnal Road Foxbury Foxberry Stream Grubfield Wood Foxberry Stream Chislehurst Cemetery Foxburrow Wood Chislehurst School for Girls Longlands Stream Stock Wells Old Alders Chislehurst Quennsborough Gardens Marlowe Close Ashfield Lane Chislehurst Common Wyncham Stream

References

Coordinates: 51.440°N 0.092°E / 51.440; 0.092