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Belvedere, London
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Belvedere is a suburban area in South East London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It may have been named for its views over the Thames Estuary, with reference to a belvedere. Within the nearby area are the following: Erith Marshes, Abbey Wood, Bostall Woods, Lesnes Abbey, Thamesmead, and West Heath. Belvedere formed part of the Municipal Borough of Erith before 1965.
Upper Belvedere features a fine church and some modest brick villas. Lower Belvedere is better known for a Methodist chapel, a Sikh Temple and a high technology sludge incinerator, which is an unexpected landmark on the south bank of the river Thames. Belvedere railway station, opened in 1859, is in Lower Belvedere and is served by the North Kent Line which runs from Cannon Street (London) to Dartford/Gravesend/Gillingham (Kent).
Community interests are represented by Belvedere Community Forum.
Erith and Belvedere Football Club recently moved to Welling in a ground-sharing arrangement. Belvedere Football Club play at Memorial Sports Ground, Woolwich Road, Abbey Wood and compete in the Kent County League Division One (West).
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Councillors for the Belvedere ward of Bexley London Borough Council are David Leaf (Conservative), Daniel Francis (Labour) and John Fuller (Conservative). Belvedere lies within the Erith and Thamesmead constituency (MP John Austin, Labour), and is in the Bexley and Bromley London Assembly constituency, represented by Bob Neill (Conservative).
- For education in Belvedere, London see the main London Borough of Bexley article
- Belvedere Baptist Church, Nuxley Road
- Belvedere Congregational Church, Picardy Road
- Belvedere Pentecostal Church, Michell Close
- Church of St Augustine, St Augustine's Road, Belvedere
- Guru Nanak Darbar, Sikh Temple, Mitchell Close
The nearest railway stations in the area are Belvedere railway station. Trains from this station runs to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via Woolwich and Greenwich to the west. To the east the trains go to Dartford and a limited service to Crayford or Gravesend and Gillingham.
- Belvedere railway station
- Erith railway station
- Abbey Wood railway station
- Bexleyheath railway station
- 99 - Erith Town Centre and Woolwich Shopping Centre
- 229 - Thamesmead Town Centre and Sidcup Queen Marys Hospital
- 401 - Thamesmead Town Centre and Bexleyheath Shopping Centre
- 469 - Bexleyheath Shopping Centre and Woolwich Common Queen Elizabeth Hospital
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Abbey Wood · Albany Park · Barnehurst · Barnes Cray · Belvedere · Bexley · Bexleyheath · Blackfen · Crayford · Crook Log · Crossness · East Wickham · Erith · Falconwood · Foots Cray · Lamorbey · Lessness Heath · Longlands · North Cray · Northumberland Heath · Sidcup · Slade Green · Thamesmead · Upton · Welling · West Heath |
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| Attractions | Hall Place and Gardens · Red House (NT) · Danson House · Crossness Pumping Station · Foots Cray Meadows | |
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| Parks and open spaces in Bexley | ||