Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter

Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter is a bunker in Greenwich, Greater London, England. Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter is situated near the outdoor gym Oxleas Wood Gym, as well as near Oxleas Wood Cafe.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Oxleas Wood Cafe and Severndroog Castle.

Oxleas Wood Cafe

Café

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Oxleas Wood Cafe is situated 540 feet southwest of Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter.

Severndroog Castle is a folly designed by architect Richard Jupp, with the first stone laid on 2 April 1784. While commonly referred to as a castle due to its turrets, it was built as a folly, as can be discerned by its small size and because it has never functioned as a castle. Severndroog Castle is situated 2,600 feet west of Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter.

Memorial Hospital

Hospital

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The Memorial Hospital, Woolwich is a hospital situated on Shooter's Hill in southeast London in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Today run by the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, it mainly functions as a day centre for the elderly while also offering facilities for psychiatric patients. Memorial Hospital is situated 1,800 feet west of Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shooter’s Hill and Falconwood.

Shooter’s Hill

Suburb

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Shooter's Hill is a district of South East London, England, straddling the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north of Eltham and south of Woolwich.

Falconwood

Suburb

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Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. It is north east of Eltham and south west of Welling. According to the 2021 census, Falconwood, has a population of roughly 16,600.

Woolwich

Town

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Woolwich is a market town in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th to 20th centuries.

Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter

Type: Bunker
Description: WW2 small family air-raid shelter in Oxleas Wood
Categories: air-raid shelter, building, and military installation
Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4677° or 51° 28′ 4″ north

Longitude

0.07137° or 0° 4′ 17″ east

Open location code

9F32F39C+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1232989360

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

Wikidata ID

Q123951811

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Oxleas Wood Gym and Shooters Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Eaglesfield Road and Oxleas Wood Car Park.

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