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Sydenham

Sydenham 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, Sydenham was located in , bordering .
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  • Type: Town with 28,400 residents
  • Description: area in the London Borough of Lewisham, England
  • Also known as: “Sydenham, Kent” and “Sydenham, London”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sydenham railway station and Mayow Park.

Railway station
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Sydenham is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Sydenham in the .

Park
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, formerly known as Sydenham Recreation Ground, is a municipal park in . Located on Mayow Road in Sydenham, south east London, it is the borough's oldest park and its second oldest public open space after .

Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bell Green and Perry Vale.

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.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the . It is 10.5 km southeast of Charing Cross and located near to the east of , where the railway line forms the western boundary.

Suburb
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is a district of the in , England, on the South Circular Road, which is home to the .

Sydenham

Latitude
51.42677° or 51° 25′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.05239° or 0° 3′ 9″ west
Population
28,400
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Open location code
9C3XCWGX+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 64653632
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6693031
Wiki­data ID
Q2104233
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sydenham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيدنهام”
  • Chinese: “錫德納姆”
  • Dutch: “Sydenham”
  • French: “Sydenham”
  • German: “Sydenham”
  • Hebrew: “סידנהאם, לונדון”
  • Hebrew: “סידנהאם, קנט”
  • Hebrew: “סידנהאם”
  • Hebrew: “סידנהם, לונדון”
  • Hebrew: “סידנהם, קנט”
  • Irish: “Sydenham”
  • Italian: “Sydenham”
  • Japanese: “サイデナム”
  • Japanese: “シデナム”
  • Japanese: “シドナム”
  • Malagasy: “Sydenham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sydenham”
  • Norwegian: “Sydenham”
  • Persian: “سیدنم”
  • Polish: “Sydenham”
  • Romanian: “Sydenham”
  • Russian: “Сиденхам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Сајденхем”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیدنم”
  • Swedish: “Sydenham”
  • Turkish: “Sydenham”
  • Ukrainian: “Сайденем”
  • Urdu: “سیڈنہم، لندن”
  • Welsh: “Sydenham”

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