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Orpington Destination Guide

Delve into Orpington in United Kingdom

Orpington in the region of England with its 15,248 residents is a city in United Kingdom - some 13 mi or ( 21 km ) South-East of London , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Orpington

Current time in Orpington is now 09:17 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: West Wickham, Welling, Sidcup, St Mary Cray, and Reading. While being here, make sure to check out West Wickham . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Orpington ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Iceni - Journey the Pathways Unknown (Pre-Demo Version)

7:30 min by AngeliscPride
Views: 1489 Rating: 4.78

Self produced Music & Video by vocalist Hroðgar. Recorded @ Petts Wood, Kent during April 2006, editing and video manipulation also done during April 2006. ..

Priory Gardens Orpington Kent UK Jan09

3:02 min by LucyPaintbox
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Priory Gardens Orpington Kent UK in January 2009, with some spring and summer stills, showing duck ponds, gardens, playground and Priory medieval hall. ..


Queensberry Albums 15x12 Duo Wedding Album: Anna and Robert

4:14 min by BlueSquareImages
Views: 560 Rating: 5.00

Queensberry Albums 15"x12" Duo Wedding Album at www.contemporaryweddingalbums.co.uk Anna and Robert got married in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, in New York City and decided to only have digital hi-res i ..

Petts Wood 008

7:18 min by tallmale188
Views: 329 Rating: 5.00

My walk to the station ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Crofton Roman Villa

Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, is a Roman villa which was inhabited between approximately 140 and 400 AD. It was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres (2 km²), with farm buildings nearby, surrounded by fields, meadows and woods. The house was altered several times during its 260 years of occupation, and at its largest it probably had at least 20 rooms. The remains of ten rooms can be seen today.

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Located at 51.37 0.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 2nd-century architecture, Archaeological museums in England, Archaeological sites in London, Former buildings and structures of Bromley, Museums in Bromley, Museums of Ancient Rome in the United Kingdom, Roman villas in England

River Cray

The River Cray is a tributary of the River Darent in southern England. It rises in Priory Gardens in Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley, where rainwater permeates the chalk bedrock and forms a pond at the boundary between the chalk and impermeable clay. It then flows northwards past the industrial and residential area of St Mary Cray, through St Paul's Cray where there was once a paper mill, through Foots Cray, and enters the parkland of Foots Cray Meadows.

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Located at 51.38 0.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Local Nature Reserves in England, Nature reserves in Bexley, Nature reserves in Bromley, Rivers of London, Watermills in Kent, Watermills in London

Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)

Orpington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jo Johnson, a Conservative.

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Located at 51.36 0.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Elections in Bromley, Parliamentary constituencies in London, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1945

Green Street Green

Green Street Green is a locality in the London Borough of Bromley at grid reference TQ455635. It forms part of the Orpington post town. The nearest railway station is Chelsfield railway station, to the north east. The name originates from La Grenestrete c.1290, meaning the green or grassy hamlet. It is recorded as Greenstreet Green in 1819, the addition of the suffix Green, referring to a village green.

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Located at 51.35 0.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Areas of London, Districts of Bromley

Bromley Rural District

Bromley was a rural district in north-west Kent, England from 1894 to 1934. Its area now forms part of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London. It did not include the main settlement of Bromley; which constituted the Municipal Borough of Bromley. Mottingham formed an exclave of the district. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Bromley rural sanitary district.

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Located at 51.40 0.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, History of Bromley, History of Kent, History of local government in London (1889–1965), Rural districts of England

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temperature and rainfall during the year in Orpington