Perry Vale

Perry Vale is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is 10.5 km southeast of Charing Cross and located near Forest Hill to the east of Forest Hill railway station, where the railway line forms the western boundary.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Forest Hill railway station and Horniman Museum.

Forest Hill railway station

Railway station

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Forest Hill is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Forest Hill in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Horniman Museum

Museum

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The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style.

Forest Hill School

School

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Forest Hill School is a boys' secondary school and sixth form located in Forest Hill, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The school is in federation with the girls' secondary, Sydenham School, which is nearby.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bell Green and Forest Hill.

Bell Green

Quarter

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Bell Green is an area in the London Borough of Lewisham, between Perry Vale and Bellingham. 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.

Forest Hill

Suburb

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Forest Hill is a district of the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London, England, on the South Circular Road, which is home to the Horniman Museum.

Sydenham

Town

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Sydenham is a district of south-east London, England, which is shared between the London boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark. Prior to the creation of the County of London in 1889, Sydenham was located in Kent, bordering Surrey.

Perry Vale

Type: Suburb with 15,600 residents
Description: area in the London Borough of Lewisham, England, UK
Categories: area of London and locality
Location: Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.43512° or 51° 26′ 6″ north

Longitude

-0.04303° or 0° 2′ 35″ west

Population

15,600

Elevation

141 feet (43 metres)

Open location code

9C3XCXP4+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5067694335

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

12048177

Wikidata ID

Q15265999

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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Perry Vale” goes by many names.

French: “Perry Vale”
Irish: “Perry Vale”
Turkish: “Perry Vale”
Urdu: “پیری ویل”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Perry Rise Baptist Church and Forest Hill Methodist Church.

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