Bexleyheath

Bexleyheath is a place in the London Borough of Bexley. It formerly bore the name of "Bexley New Town".

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The modern town area of today offers a bingo hall, cinema, hotel, magistrates' court, reference library, six-a-side football centre and ten-pin bowling alley among the more usual retail outlets. The town has a railway station on the line between Blackheath and Dartford.

Related Topics:
Bingo - Bowling alley - Blackheath - Dartford

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In 1859 architect Philip Webb designed a house, Red House, for the artist, reforming designer and socialist William Morris on the western edge of the heath, before it became largely developed as a London suburb. The Red House forms an early essay in a romantically-massed, non-historical brick-and-tiling domestic vernacular style. The National Trust acquired it in 2003.

Related Topics:
1859 - Architect - Philip Webb - Red House - Socialist - William Morris - National Trust - 2003

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Alfred Bean, railway engineer and one-time owner of Danson House, furthered the development of Bexleyheath as a London suburb by championing the Bexleyheath Line to support the growth of the estates around Danson Park.

Related Topics:
Danson House - Bexleyheath Line - Danson Park

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