Blackheath High School

Blackheath High School is a school in Lewisham, Greater London, England which is located on Wemyss Road. Blackheath High School is situated nearby to Heath House Preparatory School, as well as near The Clarendon Hotel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Observatory and Blackheath railway station.

Royal Observatory

Museum

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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. Royal Observatory is situated 1 mile northwest of Blackheath High School.

Blackheath railway station

Railway station

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Blackheath railway station is Grade II-listed and is in the south-centre of Blackheath, a village in southeast London. In traditional terms the area immediately south-west of the station around Lee Terrace and Lee Park is part of Lee; a status challenged by the station's naming, buildings such as the Blackheath Halls and the development of Blackheath Park to the south east. Blackheath railway station is situated 720 feet southwest of Blackheath High School.

Greenwich Park

Park

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Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the eight Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed, it covers 74 hectares, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackheath and Morden College.

Blackheath

Suburb

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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.

Morden College

Neighborhood

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Morden College is a charity which has been providing residential care in Blackheath, south-east London, England for over 300 years. Founded by philanthropist Sir John Morden in 1695 as a home for "poor Merchants", Morden College was built to a design sometimes attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.