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 nearby to the outdoor gym Oxleas Wood Gym, as well as near Oxleas Wood Cafe.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oxleas Wood Cafe and Severndroog Castle.
Oxleas Wood Cafe
Café
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxleas Wood Cafe is situated 540 feet southwest of Oxleas Wood Air Raid Shelter.
Severndroog Castle
Photo: Veghead, Public domain.
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
Photo: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Kleon3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Kleon3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woolwich is a market town in southeast 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″ northLongitude
0.07137° or 0° 4′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F32F39C+3GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1232989360OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q123951811
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