Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. It is north east of Eltham and south west of Welling.

The local area

Falconwood forms part of the Falconwood and Welling ward in the London Borough of Bexley, and borders the Eltham North and Eltham South wards in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Falconwood is served by one National Rail train station. Falconwood station which was opened in 1936, is served by Southeastern on the Bexleyheath Line. The station is situated in

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. The Green Chain walking network runs through Shepherdleas Wood, Oxleas Wood, Eltham Common, Eltham Park North and Eltham Park South. All these wooded and open areas are accessible via footpaths from Rochester Way, Welling Way and Riefield Road. Falconwood Community Centre, next to Falconwood Park, was opened in 1954. The Falconwood Community Association meets here 5 times a week along with many other groups. The Falconwood and District Horticultural Society stages the Annual Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show on the third Saturday in August. In 2008 the Mayor of Bexley, Falconwood & Welling Councillor Nigel Betts, inaugurated the Community Centre as the local Children's Centre.

The estate

The Falconwood Park Estate was designed and constructed by housing developers Ideal Homesteads in the 1930s. Situated between Welling and Eltham, the estate occupies the site of the former Westwood Farm. Regarding housing styles, the majority of the estate consists of semi-detached and terraced houses, with bungalows scattered across the roads within the estate. There are flats above the shops on Lingfield Crescent and Falconwood Parade (The Green). There are 3/4 storey blocks of flats on Lingfield Crescent, at the corner of Rochester Way and Riefield Road, near the A2 and Eltham Cemetery & Crematorium. Maisonettes are on Millbrook Avenue.

Education

See also London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich education services. * Bishop Ridley CofE Primary School (Entrance gates on Northumberland Avenue) *

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(Entrance gates on The Green) *

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(Entrance gates are on Bexley Road, Avery Hill) Bishop Ridley CofE Primary School was formerly Westwood Primary School until Westwood Primary Schoolit became a Church of England school. Westwood Primary School was formed from two separate schools - Westwood Infant & Junior Schools in the late 1990s. Harris Academy Falconwood (formerly Westwood Secondary School and later Westwood College) is an academy sponsored by the Harris Federation. The academy occupied the original secondary school and the old junior school buildings, but was replaced by a £27 million new school in 2011 built on some of the old playing fields.

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Transport and location

Post code districts and London Borough Boundaries

Falconwood forms part of 2 London boroughs and 2 post codes. These being: * Bexley - DA16 (part) - The rest of DA16 being formed by Welling and East Wickham. * Greenwich - SE9 (part) - The rest of SE9 being formed by Eltham, New Eltham and Mottingham. The SE9 roads in Bexley became part of LB Bexley under the 1994 boundary change. The

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have refused many attempts to change the postcode of these roads to DA16.

National Rail services

Nearest train stations * Falconwood, Lingfield Crescent, Eltham, London, SE9 2RN. * Eltham, Well Hall Road, Eltham, London, SE9 6SL. * Welling, Station Approach, Welling, London, DA16 3AU. Central London bound, trains run to

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, London Waterloo East,

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, London Victoria and London Cannon Street. Travelling away from London, trains terminate at

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, but with some trains terminating before reaching Kent: at Barnehurst,

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or Slade Green. There are less frequent services for further into Kent, with most services requiring alighting and changing at Dartford.

Transport for London bus routes

* 621 - Lewisham station (Loampit Vale) - Avery Hill (Crown Woods School). *

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- Grove Park (Downham Way) - Welling Corner, for Welling station. * B15 - Horn Park (Alnwick Road) -

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Shopping Centre. * B16 - Kidbrooke station /

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- Bexleyheath Bus Garage.

Main roads and access routes

Falconwood is a junction on the A2. London bound on the A2 will immediately lead to the A102 (Blackwall Tunnel Approach), and the Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames to the A12 in

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, unless changing onto the old A2 at the Sun In The Sands junction ( Blackheath). The London bound A2 isn't accessible directly from Falconwood. Access is from the Eltham junction with the South Circular (A205). The Kent bound A2 is accessible from Falconwood. Rochester Way leads to Well Hall and Eltham town centre (continuing straight at the traffic lights junction with Welling Way). Turning right at the junction with Welling Way will lead to Shoulder of Mutton Green and Welling town centre. In the opposite direction, Rochester Way will lead to the dual carriageway Kent-bound A2, unless bearing right on Riefield Road. This leads to Avery Hill (a left turn at traffic lights), and Eltham town centre (a right turn at the lights). Lingfield Crescent leads towards the

Falconwood Park Estate Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. It is north east of Eltham and south west of Welling. The local area Falconwood forms part of the Falconwood and Welling ward in the London Boro ...

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and Welling town centre (turning left onto Millbrook Avenue).

Nearest facilities and shops

* Lingfield Crescent ( Falconwood station shop parade). * Falconwood Parade, The Green (surrounding

). * Both Welling and Eltham town centres are also very easily accessible.

Natural areas and open spaces

* Eltham Common (part) *

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north *

south *

Falconwood Field Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of London Borough of Bexley, Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich. It is north east of Eltham, London, Eltham and south west of Welling. The local area Falco ...

(The Green) * Oxleas Meadow * Oxleas Wood * Shepherdleas Wood

References

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