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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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 88,000 as of 2023.
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 Greater 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″ northLongitude
-0.00143° or 0° 0′ 5″ westPopulation
9,300Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C3XCX4X+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5070369071OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10793747Wikidata 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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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 “Shortlands”. Photo: Mario modesto, CC BY-SA 3.0.