Bramley Bank

Bramley Bank is a 10.3 hectare local nature reserve in Upper Shirley in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned by Croydon Council and managed by London Wildlife Trust.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Addington Hills and Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Addington Hills

Park

Photo: Harvest1, CC BY 3.0.

Addington Hills is a park in Upper Shirley, London, England. It is managed by the London Borough of Croydon. It was part of the old parish of Addington before the suburb of Shirley was developed in the 1930s.

Bethlem Royal Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.

South Croydon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Croydon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, in London fare zone 5. It is on the Brighton Line at its junction with the Oxted Line, 11 miles 21 chains measured from London Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South London and Croydon.

South London

Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.

South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.

Croydon

Town

Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area.

Purley

Suburb

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England, on the border with Sutton. It is 11.5 miles south of Charing Cross and 2.5 miles northeast of the London/Surrey border, with a history going back at least 800 years.

Bramley Bank

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Nature reserve in Upper Shirley
Category: recreation area
Location: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3545° or 51° 21′ 16″ north

Longitude

-0.0582° or 0° 3′ 29″ west

Operator

London Wildlife Trust

Open location code

9C3X9W3R+QP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 169137576

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q16985134

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