Blackheath Westcombe

Blackheath Westcombe is a locality in Greenwich, Greater London, England and has about 1,100 residents. Blackheath Westcombe is situated nearby to the quarter Blackheath Royal Standard, as well as near the neighborhood Morden College.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Observatory and St John’s Blackheath.

Royal Observatory

Museum

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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.

St John’s Blackheath

Church

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St John's Blackheath is an all age Anglican church in the Vanbrugh Park area of Blackheath, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London, England.

Greenwich Park

Park

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Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74 hectares, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackheath Royal Standard and Morden College.

Blackheath Royal Standard

Quarter

Photo: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackheath Royal Standard is a quarter.

Morden College

Neighborhood

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Morden College is a charity which has been providing residential care in Blackheath, south-east London, England for over 300 years. Founded by philanthropist Sir John Morden in 1695 as a home for "poor Merchants", Morden College was built to a design sometimes attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.

Blackheath

Suburb

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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.

Blackheath Westcombe

Type: Locality with 1,100 residents
Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.47471° or 51° 28′ 29″ north

Longitude

0.01669° or 0° 1′ 0″ east

Population

1,100

Elevation

144 feet (44 metres)

Open location code

9F32F2F8+VM

GeoNames ID

12048119

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