Harris Garrard Academy

Harris Garrard Academy is a 4–18 mixed, all-through school and sixth form with academy status in Thamesmead, Erith, Greater London, England. It was established in 2002 and is now part of the Harris Federation.

Type: School
Description: academy, primary and secondary school in Erith, London, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Business Academy Bexley”
Address: Yarnton Way, Erith, DA18 4DW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey Wood railway station and Belvedere railway station.

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 4,200 feet southwest of Harris Garrard Academy.

Belvedere railway station

Railway station

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Belvedere railway station is a railway station in South East London between Abbey Wood and Erith. It is 12 miles 75 chains measured from London Charing Cross. Belvedere railway station is situated 3,900 feet east of Harris Garrard Academy.

Lesnes Abbey

Historic site

Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lesnes Abbey is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, England. It is a scheduled monument, and the abbey's ruins are listed at Grade II by Historic England. Lesnes Abbey is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Harris Garrard Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belvedere and Thamesmead.

Belvedere

Suburb

Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belvedere is a town in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies close to the River Thames, with Erith to the east, Bexleyheath to the south, and Abbey Wood and Thamesmead to the west.

Thamesmead

Suburb

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.