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Slade Green
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Slade Green is a place in the London Borough of Bexley. It is a suburban development situated 14 miles (22.5 km) east south-east of Charing Cross and lying south of the River Thames slightly to the west of the River Darenth and River Cray.
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What is now Slade Green consisted of two isolated agricultural communities of Slade Green (formerly Slades Green) and North End, with most land belonging to either the Howbury Manor or Newbery Manor, and was referred to locally as 'Cabbage Island'. Development came with the railways and the areas use as a rail depot and at around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, land near the railway station was used to produce hand made bricks.
Originally marshland used for agriculture, the isolated Crayford marshes were an ideal location for a large ammunition works which survived until the 1960s (An explosion at the W.V. Gilbert premises on 18th February 1924 caused the death of 13 people). This land has since developed into the Darenth Industrial Estate.
The area is now mainly residential with a mixture of social housing and cheaper owned properties, with some industry confined to the site of the old works and the area adjacent to the railway which has large carriage depot for rolling stock on the line. There are two churches (Christian Fellowship - part of the Baptist Union, and an Anglican parish church; a third church - Pentecostal - meets in the Anglican Church's hall), four pubs, two social clubs and an amateur football team Slade Green FC, which plays in the Kent League. One of the more imposing pubs - the Railway Tavern - was converted to create ten flats in 2005/6.
Some nearby Green belt land directly next to local marshland is threatened by a project to build a road/rail freight depot, promoted by ProLogis during 2004-07 to serve the London region, and subject of a Public Inquiry, due to start at the end of April 2007.
Slade Green is part of North End ward, which also includes the eastern part of Erith. Community interests are represented by Slade Green Community Forum, which is a registered charity.
Artist John Titchell RA was born in Slade Green in 1926.
The nearest railway stations in the area are Slade Green 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.
The 89 bus contracted by TfL runs between Lewisham Station and Slade Green Station; The 89 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 89 has a frequency of 20 minutes. In the early mornings a night bus service operates called the N89 which runs between Trafalgar Square and Erith; The N89 has a frequency of every 30 minutes.
The 428 bus contracted by TfL runs between Bluewater Shopping Centre and Erith Town Centre; The 428 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 428 has a frequency of 30 minutes.
The 469 bus contracted by TfL runs between Bexleyheath Shopping Centre and Woolwich Common; The 469 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 469 has a frequency of 20-30 minutes.