Brockley
Brockley is a district and an electoral ward of south London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham 5 miles south-east of Charing Cross. In 2021 it was named the best area of London to live in.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 17,200 residents
- Description: area in the London Borough of Lewisham, London, England
- Postal code: SE4
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crofton Park railway station and Rivoli Ballroom.
Crofton Park railway station
Railway station
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Crofton Park is a station on the Catford Loop line, between Nunhead and Catford. It is in London fare zone 3. Crofton Park is in the historic centre of Brockley, in the London Borough of Lewisham and is 7 miles 11 chains measured from London Victoria.
Rivoli Ballroom
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The Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom remaining in London, England. It is famed for its original decor and interior fittings, including red velvet, flock wallpaper, chandeliers, glitter balls and oversized Chinese lanterns.
Brockley railway station
Railway station
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Brockley is a station on the main railway line between London Bridge and Brighton, 3 miles 56 chains down the line from London Bridge. It is in London fare zone 2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crofton Park and Honor Oak.
Crofton Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crofton Park is a predominantly residential suburb in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet of Brockley.
Honor Oak
Suburb
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Honor Oak is an inner suburban area principally of the London Borough of Lewisham, with part in the London Borough of Southwark. It is named after the oak tree on One Tree Hill that Elizabeth I is reputed to have picnicked under.
Ladywell
Suburb
Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ladywell is a locale in Lewisham in South East London, England, and a ward in the London Borough of Lewisham between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper.
Brockley
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.45783° or 51° 27′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.03609° or 0° 2′ 10″ westPopulation
17,200Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C3XFX57+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 568572880OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11551040Wikidata ID
Q2216536
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Brockley” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Brockley”
- Arabic: “بروكلي”
- Aragonese: “Brockley”
- Arpitan: “Brockley”
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- Catalan: “Brockley”
- Chinese: “布洛利”
- Chinese: “布羅克利”
- Corsican: “Brockley”
- Croatian: “Brockley”
- Czech: “Brockley”
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- Galician: “Brockley”
- German: “Brockley”
- Hebrew: “ברוקליי”
- Hungarian: “Brockley”
- Ido: “Brockley”
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- Interlingua: “Brockley”
- Interlingue: “Brockley”
- Irish: “Brockley”
- Italian: “Brockley”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Brockley”
- Japanese: “ブロックリー”
- Kabyle: “Brockley”
- Kongo: “Brockley”
- Latvian: “Brockley”
- Ligurian: “Brockley”
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- Lithuanian: “Brockley”
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- Narom: “Brockley”
- Neapolitan: “Brockley”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brockley”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brockley”
- Norwegian: “Brockley”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Brockley”
- Papiamento: “Brockley”
- Persian: “بروکلی، لندن”
- Picard: “Brockley”
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- Romanian: “Brockley”
- Romansh: “Brockley”
- Russian: “Брокли”
- Sardinian: “Brockley”
- Scots: “Brockley”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Brockley”
- Serbian: “Brockley”
- Sicilian: “Brockley”
- Slovak: “Brockley”
- South Azerbaijani: “بروکلی، لندن”
- Spanish: “Brockley”
- Swahili: “Brockley”
- Swedish: “Brockley”
- Swiss German: “Brockley”
- Turkish: “Brockley”
- Urdu: “بروکلی”
- Venetian: “Brockley”
- Vietnamese: “Brockley”
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- Walloon: “Brockley”
- Welsh: “Brockley”
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- Zulu: “Brockley”
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