This leads to Avery Hill (a left turn at traffic lights), and Eltham town centre (a right turn at the lights). In the opposite direction, Rochester Way will lead to the dual carriageway Kent-bound A2, unless bearing right on Riefield Road. Turning right at the junction with Welling Way will lead to Shoulder of Mutton Green and Welling town centre. Rochester Way leads to Well Hall and Eltham town centre (continuing straight at the traffic lights junction with Welling Way). The Kent bound A2 is accessible from Falconwood. Access is from the Eltham junction with the South Circular (A205). The London bound A2 isn't accessible directly from Falconwood. London bound on the A2 will immediately lead to the A102 (Blackwall Tunnel Approach), and the Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames to the A12 in East London, unless changing onto the old A2 at the Sun In The Sands junction ( Blackheath). Operated by Go-Ahead London for London Buses.įalconwood is a junction on the A2. B16 to Bexleyheath via Welling or to Kidbrooke via Eltham.Operated by Arriva London for London Buses. B15 to Bexleyheath via Welling or to Horn Park via Eltham.The Royal Mail have refused many attempts to change the postcode of these roads to DA16.įalconwood station connects the area with National Rail services to London Victoria, London Cannon Street, Dartford and Woolwich Arsenal. The SE9 roads in Bexley became part of LB Bexley under the 1994 boundary change. Greenwich - SE9 (part) - The rest of SE9 being formed by Eltham, New Eltham and Mottingham.Bexley - DA16 (part) - The rest of DA16 being formed by Welling and East Wickham.Transport and location Post code districts and London Borough Boundaries įalconwood forms part of 2 London boroughs and 2 post codes. It is located in a £50million rebuilt school building and community learning facility that opened on 26 April 2011. Stationers' Crown Woods Academy (formerly Crown Woods School and later Crown Woods College) is an academy sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers. The academy occupied the original secondary school and the old junior school buildings, but was replaced by a £27 million new school in 2011 built on some of the old playing fields. Harris Academy Falconwood (formerly Westwood Secondary School and later Westwood College) is an academy sponsored by the Harris Federation. Westwood Primary School was formed from two separate schools - Westwood Infant & Junior Schools in the late 1990s. Stationers' Crown Woods Academy (Entrance gates are on Bexley Road, Avery Hill)īishop Ridley CofE Primary School was formerly Westwood Primary School until Westwood Primary Schoolit became a Church of England school.Harris Academy Falconwood, formerly Westwood College (Entrance gates on The Green).Bishop Ridley CofE Primary School (Entrance gates on Northumberland Avenue).See also London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich education services. There are 3/4 storey blocks of flats on Lingfield Crescent, at the corner of Rochester Way and Riefield Road, near the A2 and Eltham Cemetery & Crematorium. There are flats above the shops on Lingfield Crescent and Falconwood Parade (The Green). Regarding housing styles, the majority of the estate consists of semi-detached and terraced houses, with bungalows scattered across the roads within the estate. Situated between Welling and Eltham, the estate occupies the site of the former Westwood Farm. The Falconwood Park Estate was designed and constructed by housing developers Ideal Homesteads in the 1930s. In 2008 the Mayor of Bexley, Falconwood & Welling Councillor Nigel Betts, inaugurated the Community Centre as the local Children's Centre. The Falconwood and District Horticultural Society stages the Annual Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show on the third Saturday in August. The Falconwood Community Association meets here 5 times a week along with many other groups. All these wooded and open areas are accessible via footpaths from Rochester Way, Welling Way and Riefield Road.įalconwood Community Centre, next to Falconwood Park, was opened in 1954. The Green Chain walking network runs through Shepherdleas Wood, Oxleas Wood, Eltham Common, Eltham Park North and Eltham Park South. The station is situated in London Travelcard Zone 4. Falconwood station which was opened in 1936, is served by Southeastern on the Bexleyheath Line. It is north east of Eltham and south west of Welling.įalconwood forms part of the Falconwood and Welling ward in the London Borough of Bexley, and borders the Eltham North and Eltham South wards in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.įalconwood is served by one National Rail train station. List of places UK England London 51☂7′35″N 0☀5′43″E / 51.4596°N 0.0953☎ / 51.4596 0.0953įalconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.
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