Barnes Cray

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Barnes Cray

Coordinates: 51.4578° N 0.1960° E
OS grid reference	TQ525755
London borough	Bexley
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARTFORD
Postcode district	DA1
Dial code	01322
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Bexleyheath and Crayford
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Barnes Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley.

Up until the Victorian era it was a hamlet a kilometre downstream of Crayford where no more than sixteen homes were clustered. A calico-printing works drew water power from the culverted River Wansunt in early Victorian times, being later adapted for the manufacture of rubber goods, then felt and finally Brussels carpets. This carpet mill was demolished by 1890 and Barnes Cray House, the next largest building, was cleared by 1933, ending its days as a nursing home.

The remnants of the settlement became absorbed into Crayford with the building of a munition village to facilitate the expansion of Vickers' armaments factory during the 1915 to 1919 period. Following World War I Crayford Urban District Council erected further housing estates to the north, eventually merging with estates spreading southwards from Erith.

Barnes Cray has only the 428 bus serving it. It runs between Erith and Bluewater Shopping Centre; This bus is contracted by Transport for London.

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