Shortlands

Shortlands is a suburb of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It has been part of Greater London since 1965, and was previously part of the historic county of Kent. It is located between west of Bromley and east of Beckenham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shortlands railway station and Bishop Challoner School.

Shortlands railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shortlands railway station is in Shortlands, in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It serves the southwest part of Bromley, and is 10 miles 3 chains down the line from London Victoria.

Bishop Challoner School

School

Photo: Ollywozere, Public domain.

Bishop Challoner School was an English independent coeducational Roman Catholic day school in Shortlands, Greater London, for children aged three to eighteen years. In June 2025 its closure on 4 July 2025 was announced.

St Mary, Shortlands

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary, Shortlands is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bromley and Plaistow.

Bromley

Town

Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9+1⁄2 miles southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 97,540 as of 2021.

Plaistow

Suburb

Plaistow is an area of south-east London located in the London Borough of Bromley and, until 1965, in the historic county of Kent. It is located south of Downham and Grove Park and north of Sundridge Park and Bromley.

Beckenham

Suburb

Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beckenham is a town in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west of Bromley and Shortlands, and 8.4 miles south-east of Charing Cross.

Shortlands

Type: Suburb with 9,300 residents
Description: suburban village in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
Categories: village and locality
Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.40609° or 51° 24′ 22″ north

Longitude

-0.00143° or 0° 0′ 5″ west

Population

9,300

Elevation

184 feet (56 metres)

Open location code

9C3XCX4X+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5070369071

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

10793747

Wikidata ID

Q122313

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Shortlands” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shortlands”
Dutch: “Shortlands”
French: “Shortlands”
Hindi: “शॉर्टलैंड्स”
Hindi: “शोर्टलैंड्स”
Irish: “Shortlands”
Japanese: “ショートランズ”
Slovenian: “Shortlands”
Swedish: “Shortlands”
Urdu: “شورٹلینڈز”
Welsh: “Shortlands”

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