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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. [3] Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile (1.6 km) northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.
Watling Street, the Roman road to Dover, crossed the bleak and forbidding Blackheath and, in the 18th century, this stretch of the busy route was notorious for its highwaymen. At this time, the Hare and Billet was an isolated coaching inn on the heath. [3] The establishment has been trading since the 1600s. [4]
Blackheath railway station is Grade II-listed and is in the south-centre of Blackheath, a village in southeast London.In traditional terms the area immediately south-west of the station around Lee Terrace and Lee Park is part of Lee; [3] a status challenged by the station's naming, buildings such as the Blackheath Halls and the development of Blackheath Park to the south east.
Maze Hill is an area in Greenwich and Blackheath, in south-east London, lying to the east of Greenwich Park, and west of the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath. It is part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and takes its name from the main thoroughfare, Maze Hill. It gives its name to Maze Hill railway station.
Places England. Blackheath, London, England . Blackheath (Lewisham ward), an electoral ward for the Lewisham London Borough Council Blackheath railway station; Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England
Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England.It is bounded by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach to the east, the Blackheath common to the south and a road, Vanbrugh Hill, to the west (named after the architect and playwright Sir John Vanbrugh who built his house ...
Blackheath Primary School is located in the area, [2] and was originally built by Rowley Regis urban district council on Powke Lane during the late 19th century, incorporating a 5-7 infant school and 7-11 junior school and later including a nursery unit for 3 and 4 year olds. The schools merged in September 1990 to form Blackheath Primary ...
Shooter's Hill Road stretches eastwards from the heath at Blackheath up and over the hill, initially as part of the A2 road as far as the Sun in the Sands, and then the A207. The road follows the route of Watling Street, a Roman Road linking London with Roman settlements in north Kent.