West Heath
West Heath is an area of South East London within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies south of Abbey Wood and north of Welling.- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in the London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Heath, London”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbey Wood railway station and Lesnes Abbey Woods.
Abbey Wood railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbey Wood is a major National Rail and Elizabeth line interchange station in Abbey Wood, south-east London, England. It lies between Plumstead and Belvedere on the North Kent Line, 11 miles 43 chains from London Charing Cross.
Lesnes Abbey Woods
Forest
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lesnes Abbey Woods, sometimes called Abbey Wood, is a 73-hectare ancient woodland in southeast London, England. It is located near to, and named after, the ruined Lesnes Abbey in the London Borough of Bexley and gives its name to the Abbey Wood district.
Lesnes Abbey
Historic site
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lesnes Abbey is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, England. It is a scheduled monument, and the abbey's ruins are listed at Grade II by Historic England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lessness Heath and Abbey Wood.
Lessness Heath
Suburb
Lessness Heath is a district in the London Borough of Bexley, in the area of Belvedere.
Abbey Wood
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and bordering the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. According to the 2021 census, Abbey Wood has a population of 17,700.
East Wickham
Suburb
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Wickham is a district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It is situated north of Welling, east of Shooter's Hill, south of Plumstead, south-west of Abbey Wood and west of West Heath, and 10.5 miles east-southeast of Charing Cross.
West Heath
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48088° or 51° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
0.12736° or 0° 7′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9F32F4JG+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 3939944346OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q146245
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“West Heath” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西希斯”
- Dutch: “West Heath”
- French: “West Heath”
- Irish: “Heath Thiar”
- Turkish: “West Heath”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیتھ، لندن”
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