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Orpington is a town in Greater 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 Mary Cray, southwest of Swanley, west of Ramsden, north of Goddington and Green Street Green, and east of Crofton and Broom Hill.
The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of south-eastern Greater London , as well as a small part of north-west Kent .
ORPINGTON: Postcode district: BR5: Police: Metropolitan: Fire: London: ... It is located north east of Orpington and south west of Swanley and is adjacent to the ...
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
Ramsden is an area in south-east London, generally considered a suburb of Orpington, located in the London Borough of Bromley and, prior to 1965, within the historic county of Kent. It is situated south of Derry Downs and St Mary Cray , east of Orpington town centre and north of Goddington .
A Roman settlement existed here from circa 140 ADs-400, with the ruins of a Roman villa forming a small museum just next to Orpington train station. [1] The name Crofton comes from Old English and means 'farm on a rounded hill'. [1] Little is known of its subsequent history, though it remained a rural locality until well into the 19th century. [1]
The hamlet of Skeet Hill falls within the Crockenhill boundary and Skeet Hill Lane in Orpington is in the South East region of England. The postcode is within the Crockenhill and Well Hill ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Orpington. Skeet Hill Lane, Orpington, BR6 7QA. [2]
The interwar years saw suburban development and the area merged into Orpington in the east. [1] In 2003 the hospital was redeveloped and renamed Princess Royal University Hospital and is now one of the major hospitals in this part of London.