Plumstead

Plumstead is a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, with the eastern end of the site of the former Royal Arsenal at its northern boundary and Shooters Hill to the south. Plumstead expanded rapidly in the 1880s with housing developed for Arsenal workers, two-up two-down terraced housing was common in the area close to the river and Arsenal, larger and smarter properties were developed up hill from the Thames, around Plumstead Common.

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It was the original home of Arsenal Football Club in the 1890s.

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Celebrity gangster Dave Courtney lives in Camelot Castle, an elaborately styled victorian semi in Chestnut Rise, Plumstead.

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Nearest places:

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• Woolwich
• Welling
• Thamesmead
• Kidbrooke
• Eltham

Nearest railway station:

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• Plumstead railway station

London Borough of Greenwich: The London Borough of Greenwich is a London borough in southeast London, formed in 1965 by merging the former metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and most of Woolwich (with the exception of North Woolwich, north of the river, which became part of the London Borough of Newham)....

Royal Arsenal: The Royal Arsenal, originally known as the Woolwich Arsenal, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing and explosives research. It was sited on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London. It was formally established as an Ordnance Storage Depot in 1671 on a 31 a...

Shooters Hill: redirect Shooter's Hill...