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Forest Hill

Forest Hill is a district of the in , England, on the South Circular Road, which is home to the .
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Photo: Love Art Nouveau, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 14,900 residents
  • Description: suburb of South East London, England
  • Also known as: “Forest Hill, London”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forest Hill railway station and Horniman Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forest Hill is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Forest Hill in the .

Museum
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The and Gardens is a in Forest Hill, , England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style.

Sports venue
Photo: Louise McLaren, CC BY 2.0.
is a leisure centre in Forest Hill, . After being closed in 2006, it was rebuilt including two pools and a health and fitness suite and reopened in September 2012.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perry Vale and Sydenham.

Suburb
Photo: alvaro errandonea, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the . It is 10.5 km southeast of Charing Cross and located near Forest Hill to the east of , where the railway line forms the western boundary.

Town
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is a district of south-east London, England, which is shared between the London boroughs of , and . Prior to the creation of the County of London in 1889, was located in , bordering .

Quarter
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is an area in the , between and . The area was historically known for its gas works and the poverty of the local workers, in what Charles Booth called "the one really poor district in this quarter of London." The gasworks closed in 1968 and the whole area redeveloped; it is best known today for the eponymous retail park.

Forest Hill

Latitude
51.43911° or 51° 26′ 21″ north
Longitude
-0.05395° or 0° 3′ 14″ west
Population
14,900
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C3XCWQW+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27553768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2649216
Wiki­data ID
Q1626233
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Forest Hill” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Forest Hill”
  • Chinese: “森林山”
  • Chinese: “福里斯特希尔”
  • Dutch: “Forest Hill”
  • French: “Forest Hill”
  • German: “Forest Hill”
  • Greek: “Φόρεστ Χιλ”
  • Irish: “Forest Hill, Londain”
  • Irish: “Forest Hill”
  • Italian: “Forest Hill”
  • Japanese: “フォレスト・ヒル”
  • Korean: “포리스트힐”
  • Persian: “فورست هیل، لندن”
  • Portuguese: “Forest Hill”
  • Slovenian: “Forest Hill”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فورست هیل، لندن”
  • Spanish: “Forest Hill”
  • Swedish: “Forest Hill”
  • Turkish: “Forest Hill”
  • Urdu: “فارسٹ ہل، لندن”
  • Vietnamese: “Forest Hill, Luân Đôn”
  • Vietnamese: “Forest Hill”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Forest Hill”. Photo: Love Art Nouveau, CC BY 2.0.