Aeration Tanks

Aeration Tanks is an industrial building in Bexley, Greater London, England. Aeration Tanks is situated nearby to the grassland Final Settlement Tanks, as well as near the wastewater treatment plant Crossness Sewage Treatment Works.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crossness Pumping Station and Crossness Sewage Treatment Works.

Crossness Pumping Station

Museum

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

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 1,300 feet north of Aeration Tanks.

Crossness Sewage Treatment Works

Wastewater treatment plant

Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Crossness Sewage Treatment Works is a sewage treatment plant located at Crossness in the London Borough of Bexley. It was opened in 1865 and is Europe's second largest sewage treatment works, after its counterpart Beckton Sewage Treatment Works located north of the river. Crossness Sewage Treatment Works is situated 540 feet southeast of Aeration Tanks.

Crossness Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crossness Nature Reserve is a 25.5 hectare local nature reserve in Crossness in the London Borough of Bexley. It is part of the Erith Marshes Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.

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.

Abbey Wood

Suburb

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Abbey Wood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Aeration Tanks.

Aeration Tanks

Type: Industrial building
Categories: building and industry
Location: Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50556° or 51° 30′ 20″ north

Longitude

0.13947° or 0° 8′ 22″ east

Open location code

9F32G44Q+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 551232291

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

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