Goddington is an area in south-east
London
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, located in the
London Borough of Bromley
The London Borough of Bromley () is the southeasternmost of the London boroughs that make up Greater London, bordering the ceremonial county of Kent, which most of Bromley was part of before 1965. The borough's population is an estimated 332,3 ...
. It is situated south of
Ramsden
Ramsden may refer to:
;Places:
*Ramsden, Orpington, England
*Ramsden, Oxfordshire, England, a village and civil parish
* Ramsden, Worcestershire, England, a hamlet
*Ramsden Park, Toronto, Canada
*Ramsden (crater), on the Moon
* 8001 Ramsden, an as ...
, south-east of
Orpington
Orpington is a town and area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross.
On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Ma ...
town centre, and north of
Chelsfield. It lies directly adjacent to the
London Green Belt
The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England. It comprises parts of Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, parts of two of the three districts of Bedfordshire and a s ...
. Until 1965 it lay in the
historic county of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
.
History
Goddington was historically a rural manor, first recorded in the 1200s as being the lands held by Simon de Godyngton, which in turn refers to his family's ancestral lands in
Godinton, Kent.
The area only began to be developed in 1926 when housing was built along Park Avenue.
The area was subsequently developed further, and in 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Bromley in the newly formed ceremonial county of Greater London.
Amenities
Goddington Park is 64 hectares in size, with five
football pitches, two
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
squares, and three
rugby pitches.
It includes an astro-turf football court, about 10 tennis courts and two children's play areas. The main entrance is from Goddington Lane, with footpaths from Avalon Road, Court Road and Chelsfield Lane and a further entrance from Berrylands.
St Olave's Grammar School
St. Olave's Grammar School (formally St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Church of England Grammar School) ( or ) is a selective secondary school for boys in Orpington, Greater London, England. Founded by royal charter in 1571, the school occupied sev ...
, built 1968, is located on Goddington Lane.
Sports
Orpington Football ClubOrpington Cricket ClubOrpington Lawn Tennis Club*
Westcombe Park Rugby Club (located here since 1990).
References
{{LB Bromley
Districts of the London Borough of Bromley
Areas of London
Orpington