Coney Hall is an area of Greater London, within 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 ...

, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of

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. It is located south of Hayes, west of

Keston Keston is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was withing the historic county of Kent. It is part suburban, part rural in nature and lies on the edge of Hayes Com ...

, north of Nash, and east of

West Wickham West Wickham is an area of South East London, England, mainly within the London Borough of Bromley with some parts lying in the London Borough of Croydon. It lies south of Park Langley and Eden Park, west of Hayes and Coney Hall, north of ...

. The

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passes through Coney Hall.

History

Coney Hall Farm was first mentioned in the 17th century, when its lease stated that the tenant had the sole right to catch coneys ( rabbits) on nearby Jackson’s Heath.Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetteer'', pgs 115-16 Coney Hall is one of many owner-occupied estates arising during the inter-War housing boom; it was built in the 1930s on hilly farmland south-east of West Wickham by the developers Morrell Brothers, who purchased Coney Hall Farm following the death of its owner Sir Henry Lennard in 1928. In the previous decade, Lennard's opposition to road developments adjacent to West Wickham Common and

Hayes Common Hayes Common is a 79-Hectare (195 acre) area of public open land in Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley. It is owned and managed by Bromley Council. It is Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, and a small area is part of ...

had left the area accessible only by steep and narrow lanes. In Coney Hall's early days London Transport refused to provide a

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service, and a free private coach service connected the estate to the nearest railway station, Hayes. The quality of the new houses was not always that high, with a mortgage strike by Elsy Borders of 81 Kingsway in 1937 sparking sympathy strikes elsewhere, and contributing ultimately to an improvement in the legal standing of mortgage payers. During World War II Canadian troops were billeted at Coney Hall. The area contains typical suburban architecture of two-storey houses with polygonal

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s and half-timbered

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s. It is centred on a bend on Glebe Road, east of Coney Hall roundabout, with a smaller row of shops on Addington Road.

Transport

Rail

The nearest

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station is

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Buses

*119 to

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...

or to

Purley Way Purley Way is a section of the A23 trunk road in the London Borough of Croydon, in the areas of Purley, Waddon and Broad Green, and has given its name to the out-of-town shopping area alongside it with a catchment area covering most of South ...

via

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

. 24 Hour service. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *138 to Bromley. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *246 to Bromley or to

Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early ...

via Biggin Hill. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL. *314 to

Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of E ...

via Bromley or to

New Addington New Addington is a town in South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 5 miles south east of Croydon, south of Addington Village and north of Biggin Hill. History Until the 1930s, the area now known as New Addingt ...

. Operated by

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for TfL. *353 to Ramsden Estate via

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 ...

or to Forestdale. Operated by Go Ahead London for TfL.

Public spaces and sport

* The Assembly Halls (Community centre) * Coney Hall Recreation Ground (tennis courts, playground,

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and green space) * Well Wood (woods and green space). The Well Wood consists of ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, ash, hazel, yew, sweet chestnut, field maple, hawthorn, Douglas fir and larch, containing masses of wood anemones and wood sorrel, followed by a carpet of bluebells; it is frequented by bats, badgers, foxes, owls, woodpeckers, buzzards and many other birds. The local football club - Coney Hall FC - formed in 1973 and reached the

Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...

, winning the Division One championship in 2004/05. The club folded in 2016, but a new Coney Hall FC was subsequently formed to play youth football. Layhams Road runs south from Coney Hall towards the North Downs, and is a popular cycling route.Road Cycling UK https://roadcyclinguk.com/blogs/georges-blog/just-a-perfect-day.html

Gallery

File:Coney_Hall_sign.jpg, Welcome sign on Glebe Way File:Coney_Hall_roundabout.jpg, Coney Hall roundabout File:Sylvan Way, Coney Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1718703.jpg, Typical housing in Coney Hall File:Church of St John the Baptist, West Wickham BR4 - geograph.org.uk - 43177.jpg, St John's Church

References

External links

Historical images of Coney Hall
*"Road Widening In Kent Approaches To Hayes Common", B.M. Goodwin, Letters, The Times, 20 August 1931. {{LB Bromley Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Bromley