Whitefoot is an

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in the

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. It is located south-east of

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, and is north of

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, south of Catford, west of Grove Park, and east of Bellingham. It is long east to west following Whitefoot Lane, the local main road, making it about at its longest point. Whitefoot is also on the

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. Part of the

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railway between Hither Green and Grove Park stations marks the whole eastern border of the ward. The western border is marked partly by some of the

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, between Bellingham and Beckenham Hill stations, and small parts of two A roads, South End Lane (

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) and Bromley Road (

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). Although railway lines make much of the wards boundaries, no train stations are located within Whitefoot. Whitefoot is covered by two

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, covering the south and covering the north; most of their common boundary follows Whitefoot Lane. Hither Green Cemetery is located on the east side of the ward, and

Forster Memorial Park Forster Memorial Park, is a public park in London Borough of Lewisham. It takes up the land between Bellingham Road and Whitefoot Lane, Catford – the park and surrounding roads form Southend or Southend Village. The nearest stations are Belling ...

in the west. One of the ward's councillors from 2010 to 2019 was

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's Janet Daby, who resigned to concentrate on her role as the MP for

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, which includes Whitefoot in its boundaries. She won the parliamentary seat at a

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. In

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, the Liberal Democrats won all three ward seats. Daby gained one in

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, before the other two seats were gained by Labour in

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. , all three seats are held by Labour. From 2022, Whitefoot will be replaced by the new Catford South, Hither Green and Downham wards.Local Government Boundary Commission for England https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/17020

References

Wards of the London Borough of Lewisham Grove Park, Lewisham {{London-geo-stub