Penton House

Penton House is an apartment building in Bexley, Greater London, England. Penton House is situated nearby to the lake Southmere, as well as near Willow Bank Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey Wood railway station and Church of the Cross.

Abbey Wood railway station

Railway station

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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. Abbey Wood railway station is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Penton House.

Church of the Cross

Church

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Church of the Cross is situated 1,900 feet south of Penton House.

Crossness Pumping Station

Museum

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Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver for the Metropolitan Board of Works's chief engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Crossness Pumping Station is situated 1 mile northeast of Penton House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thamesmead and Abbey Wood.

Thamesmead

Suburb

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Thamesmead is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 11 miles east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Belvedere. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.

Abbey Wood

Suburb

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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.