Belvedere, London
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Belvedere is a suburban area in the northern part of the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London. 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.
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.
Community interests are represented by Belvedere Community Forum.
Erith and Belvedere Football Club recently moved to Welling in a ground-sharing arrangement.
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[edit] Politics
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).
[edit] Transport
[edit] Rail
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.
[edit] Buses
The 99 bus contracted by TfL runs between Erith Town Centre and Woolwich Shopping Centre; The 99 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 99 has a frequency of 20 minutes.
The 180 bus contracted by TfL runs between Belvedere Industrial Estate and Lewisham Shopping Centre; The 180 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 180 has a frequency of 15/20 minutes.
The 229 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Sidcup Queen Marys Hospital; The 229 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 229 has a frequency of 20 minutes.
The 401 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Bexleyheath Shopping Centre; The 401 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 401 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.
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Nearest railway stations
- Belvedere railway station
- Erith railway station
- Abbey Wood railway station
- Bexleyheath railway station
